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Post by 1dave on Nov 6, 2013 10:22:23 GMT -5
EDIT 6/7/2020: The Original is at: forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/21533rockpowell was telling me about her saw oil sucker for cleaning out the messes. I guess I'll have to build one. I could use the same system I use for vacuuming my wood shop, but don't really have room for that big a barrel in the saw shop. The two vacs were probably overkill, they can collapse the blue barrel. Her design is straight forward: Hose from saw sludge to opening in air tight lid on a 5 gallon bucket, another hose from bucket to shop vac. Basically the same as mine above. I was thinking the big blue barrel with a burlap bag filter and a faucet at the bottom going into a smaller cloth filter, then back to the saw. Any ideas? Dave
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rockpowell
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Have been rock hunting most of my life, love cutting rocks, have tons of slabs, just haven't posted
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Post by rockpowell on Nov 6, 2013 11:58:07 GMT -5
Sorry !! I can not take credit for the oil sucker. Being the shop foreman for the Southern Utah Rock Club, and need a quick way of cleaning saws, Zarguy, loaned me his and I loved it so much that I built my own out of old Kirby vac parts and it works good even sucks up rock chips and sludge ( rock snot ) the main hose I got from Ace its 2" and clear, After sucking up the oil I suck good soapy water to clean the hose of course in separate buckets then hang it up to drain and dry. On the clear hose, in the side close to you cut it up higher about a half of inch , if you have the edge complete flat, it will just suck down on that spot and not do the job . Will try to get pictures or a diagram to make my point
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Post by Hard Rock Cafe on Nov 6, 2013 15:31:52 GMT -5
A lot of us use a catch basin like that. I used to use my filtering buckets as the catch basin, but now I pour the oil from the catch basin into the filtering buckets. I place hardware cloth over the top of a five gallon bucket to catch large chunks for tumbling filler. I use the 2 bucket and paper sack method of filtering. I don't bother cleaning the hose afterwards. I use a standard shop vac wand at the end, rather than cutting the hose at an angle.
Chuck
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Post by Rockoonz on Nov 7, 2013 0:45:07 GMT -5
Ahhhh, the crevice tool
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Post by catmandewe on Nov 7, 2013 1:03:11 GMT -5
I had a tutorial a few years ago on how to make a slab saw sucker, I will see if I can find it again.
Tony
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Post by catmandewe on Nov 7, 2013 1:06:28 GMT -5
Oh it was easier to find than I thought it would be. It has since gone through several changes but the original idea is the same and it keeps the snot from getting into your shop vac. I use a larger hose now and no metal wand on the end of the hose. forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/21533Tony
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Post by rykk on Nov 7, 2013 3:17:10 GMT -5
I try to filter and reuse as much oil as I can. The thing about the filtering, though, is that it not only is very slow but, also, the sheet or paper bag being used gets clogged with rock dust fairly quickly and you end up having to swap in clean areas of the sheet or a new paper bag frquently in order to get it all filtered in less than 3 months.
I filter in two stages. First using a sheet and then I filter the cleaner-but-not-super-clean oil thru a paper bag. Though, this last time I skipped the paper step and just dumped the sheet filtered oil back into the sump. Was in a hurry. C-ya, Rick
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Post by Hard Rock Cafe on Nov 7, 2013 12:46:57 GMT -5
Yep, that's it Rockoonz, the crevice tool (except shop vac size).
Chuck
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2013 12:48:26 GMT -5
I try to filter and reuse as much oil as I can. The thing about the filtering, though, is that it not only is very slow but, also, the sheet or paper bag being used gets clogged with rock dust fairly quickly and you end up having to swap in clean areas of the sheet or a new paper bag frquently in order to get it all filtered in less than 3 months. I filter in two stages. First using a sheet and then I filter the cleaner-but-not-super-clean oil thru a paper bag. Though, this last time I skipped the paper step and just dumped the sheet filtered oil back into the sump. Was in a hurry. C-ya, Rick Yeah, why bother to do the paper? The first cut will make it dirtier than "cleaner-but-not-super-clean". So the super clean bag step is only for the first cut. Work to reward ratios seems way out of wack. Rockoonz - I listened to the entire sang "Crevice tool" this is a job for the crevice tool! lol I'll be singing it all day now! EDITED TO ADD: at school they are now using pillow cases, once a month they filter and refill one saw.
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Post by snuffy on Nov 7, 2013 13:01:09 GMT -5
Easiest way to reclaim the oil is get a 30 or 40 gallon sturdy trash barrel,fill half with water,pour all oil and rock snot in it and all the oil will float to the top.Scoop or skim it off.Clean oil.
snuffy
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