zarguy
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Cedar City, Utah - rockhound heaven!
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Post by zarguy on Mar 7, 2013 12:50:47 GMT -5
I saw an ad for a table-top cabbing machine that had this line: "A coolant reservoir holds approximately one quart of water (enough to keep you working for hours)".
I don't know about you, but a quart lasts me about 15 mins or so. Of course, I'm using 8" wheels. How about everyone else?
Lynn
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Mar 7, 2013 13:26:43 GMT -5
I have 15 jugs (liter soda bottles) of water to refill my 1/2 gal drip bucket and it takes me about 45 minutes to one hour to need to refill it depending on the material I am cabbing
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QuailRiver
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Post by QuailRiver on Mar 7, 2013 14:12:06 GMT -5
Horizontal flat laps don't require as much water to use as vertical grinding wheels. But the don't cut as fast either. A quart might last a couple of hours dripping on a flat lap. Remember how small the water reservoirs were on the old B&I Gem Makers that Sears used to sell. The 6" unit had about an 8oz water cup and the 8" unit's water cup was a little larger, maybe 12-16oz.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2013 16:08:21 GMT -5
I have a cut off five gallon bucket that is nine inches tall. I use vertical diamond pads that were made for counter top polishing. I am thinking about three gallons in the bucket and it will last me two or three hours. I could probably use less water but I do not like the gummy grindings on my cab so I keep it well watered. Especially when I am using the 50, 100 and 200 because they are taking off quite a bit of stone. Jim
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Post by gr on Mar 7, 2013 16:18:20 GMT -5
Horizontal flat laps don't require as much water to use as vertical grinding wheels. But the don't cut as fast either. A quart might last a couple of hours dripping on a flat lap. Remember how small the water reservoirs were on the old B&I Gem Makers that Sears used to sell. The 6" unit had about an 8oz water cup and the 8" unit's water cup was a little larger, maybe 12-16oz. i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af215/kandorocks/PM%20pics%202/justpics22012.jpg[/IMG] Beg to differ on the cutting speed of flats vs wheel. My own personal experience says different . I can rough a preform in half the time on a flat as opposed to a wheel
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Post by orrum on Mar 7, 2013 20:26:56 GMT -5
I used a pressure reducer and plumbed mine straight into the water supply, clean water and can use all I want. Drains go thru the wall into a Michigan bucket to catch the settlement and let the water go into the flower beds. Works great.
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hubrocks
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Post by hubrocks on Mar 8, 2013 1:41:44 GMT -5
I use a submersible pump in a 5 gallon bucket of water with my 6in wheels, lasts for days if I'm not grinding a lot. Got pump at Home Depot in garden dept. ( used for ponds and such). very small and works great...........................................Hub
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itsandbits
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Post by itsandbits on Mar 8, 2013 10:15:58 GMT -5
I use a drip system with a small tap to regulate the flow and figure there is no sense getting wet if you don't have to so as I use the different grits I turn the water as needed to flush residue away or when working the higher grits just to keep things cool. i get about 5 hours out of a 2 gallon pail if I go from rough to finish but if I'm just roughing only about 2 depending on the hardness of the rock.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2013 10:31:43 GMT -5
orrum - I used a system like that in China except that there was a drain in the floor. Sounds like your set up is superb. I wish I could set up that way again but it is too far from the water supply and back to the drain.
Hub - Do you recycle the water? I used a swamp cooler pump that I floated in a bucket using Styrofoam until recently. I had the water flowing back to the bucket from the polisher. Someone pointed out that it is possible to get contamination from recycled water so I switched. I am not sure if it would make a difference because I was floating the pump but when I cleaned the bucket and pump there would be quite a bit of muck on the pump housing. Jim
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Post by NM Stone Supply on Mar 8, 2013 10:39:45 GMT -5
I use one 5 gallon bucket in about 2 hours. Clean water is pumped to the grinder. I collect the used water in another bucket and always run fresh water while working. I don't recycle waters I dump them out for the sycomore tree. There is less toxins in the mist when you use fresh water. Jason
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Post by phil on Mar 9, 2013 12:39:00 GMT -5
Jim, use the swamp cooler pump with a 2 bucket system. One for fresh water and a separate one for the waste. lasts us about 2 hours per refill.
Phil
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Post by Rockoonz on Mar 9, 2013 14:17:00 GMT -5
I get the yellow paint buckets from Lowes. I think they're about 2 gallons and they have a flat surface on the side that I can drill and mount a brass needle valve on. I often have to refill if I spend a long evening grinding.
Lee
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Tom
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Post by Tom on Mar 9, 2013 21:04:23 GMT -5
I get 2 to 3 hours out of 5 gallons and I tend to keep the wheels pretty wet.
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Tommy
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Post by Tommy on Mar 10, 2013 23:49:21 GMT -5
I'm still learning but I seem to get the best result with the maximum amount of water running at all times. I have a continuous supply rigged to my grinder with a 5 gallon bucket catching the drain and I typically fill a bucket with every session.
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Post by Hard Rock Cafe on Mar 11, 2013 8:26:42 GMT -5
My set up is just like Hub's. I don't worry about contamination because the specific gravity of diamond is 3.52, meaning it will sink to the bottom of the bucket and is not likely to be picked up by the pump. I do have my pump raised off the bottom of the bucket to keep it out of the muck.
Chuck
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