Up and Running!

jhiggins · Jun 15, 2005

I hit the ground running this morning. Yesterday, my new stock saw came in. I spent about 6 hours adapting it to the heavy stand and coolant system. I got it running and everything tuned up and went to bed. As soon as I had some coffee and checked my emails, I have been sawing up all the billet I have to fill tapper orders. I so happy today, because this means things are flowing a little smoother now. More tappers on the way! Yippee!

Okay, now that I have a refill on some joe, I'll check you guys later. Got to git more sawin' done! Git er DONE!

butcher_block · Jun 15, 2005

great news
and i might just have to look into a tapper
may your cup of joe be hot and strong and your day be full

F. Allin Kahrl · Jun 15, 2005

Congrats, Jeff! Keep on rollin'.

indian george · Jun 15, 2005

DUDE!!! Tappers, I hope I am in this batch????

jhiggins · Jun 16, 2005

indian george said:
DUDE!!! Tappers, I hope I am in this batch????

You were in the last batch! You never got back to me with your address so I could give you shipping charges.

indian george · Jun 16, 2005

Listen!!! I thought I did OK.

Give me a break I am a Portagee.

358 Elm St.
New Bedford, MA. 02740-3837
HEHEHEHE!!!

tmickley · Jun 17, 2005

Jeff, I hope you stay busier than you like with your new business. There is a restructure coming in August with my employer and it looks like half of us that do my job are going to be out of work. I may be starting my own business myself this fall....

Hot&CoaledForge · Jun 17, 2005

Jeff, your post wore me out just reading it! Glad you're back in the groove.

IG, now you know why Higgy never comes down to visit - he didn't know your address!

- Jim

Matt Shade · Jun 18, 2005

Hey Jeff, what are you using for coolant on your saw?
I'm probably gonna buy an HF saw as soon as the local store has a sale again, and I've been thinking about rigging it up with some sort of coolant on it. Mainly want it to cut bigger stock for welding projects and stuff, so I figured I'd make a trough under the frame and put a diaphragm pump or something on it. Just wondering if you use oil or water or a mix. Looked like they used water on the big saw at school.

jhiggins · Jun 19, 2005

Hot&CoaledForge said:
Jeff, your post wore me out just reading it! Glad you're back in the groove.

IG, now you know why Higgy never comes down to visit - he didn't know your address!

- Jim

I just get busy, Jim. Seems like there is never enough time to do all the stuff I want to do. That, plus nearly a 4-hour drive and you have the real reason why I don't go see IG more often. I can tell you one thing - and those that have met him will agree - George Rebello is a hell of a guy, and a great host. If I had my wish, I would get in the truck and drive all over the country visiting everyone from the the forums here that I have grown friendly with over the years. Wouldn't that be nice?

jhiggins · Jun 19, 2005

Matt Shade said:
Hey Jeff, what are you using for coolant on your saw?
I'm probably gonna buy an HF saw as soon as the local store has a sale again, and I've been thinking about rigging it up with some sort of coolant on it. Mainly want it to cut bigger stock for welding projects and stuff, so I figured I'd make a trough under the frame and put a diaphragm pump or something on it. Just wondering if you use oil or water or a mix. Looked like they used water on the big saw at school.

Matt, you won't need coolant on a saw if you only feed it steel 90% of the time, which I suspect you are. Metals like brass, copper, and aluminum shoudl have a flood coolant running over the blade, because with heat, the non-ferrous metals usually get gummy and will stick to the blade. If you run that blade like that long enough (and trust me, it dont take long), it will break.

With that said, I use Syn-Kool. Its clear-blue when mixed 10-1 with water. I like it. It doesnt get rancid and stink, and it dont chap my hands either. If all you are doing is welding projects, the coolant may just be a waste of time for you. Here is what you do:

Get a squeeze bottle of some kind. An old dish-detergent bottle works really well. Buy a gallon of some kind of coolant and mix it appropriately. Use it with teh squeeze bottle on what you are sawing and you will see a big difference. Wipe up after and its all good. Small stuff and structural steel wont need any coolant, because to cut the stuff that does would be beyond the limits of your HF saw anyhow.

Matt Shade · Jun 19, 2005

Thanks Jeff
I'll just have to get one and put it to use then and see if the coolant will be necessary or not. I don't have anything to weld aluminum with yet, but I still cut it on occasion. Seems like the blades would last longer when you get to cutting wider peices of channel iron or tubing if you could keep them cool too. That kind of stuff isn't that hard to cut, but takes forever for the blade to get through the flats.