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Post by stoner on Aug 4, 2004 23:15:51 GMT -5
Hi all. I decided to clean out my slab saw today as it was getting pretty thick on the bottom. The guy I bought my saw from had lined the bottom with bricks so he could get by using less oil. Now, does anybody have any ideas on how I can get the oil out of the bricks? There's gotta be 1/3gal. of clean oil in those bricks. And, is there a way of separating the oil from the sludge? I'm not going to put the bricks back in after I clean up the saw, instead, I'm going to fabricate a tray of some sort. Can I use mineral oil in an 18" saw? There is a 10gal min for the Texaco Almag, and right now I can't afford that.
Thanks, Ed
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Post by sandsman1 on Aug 4, 2004 23:24:02 GMT -5
hi ED i use two brown bags inside each other and i put a strainer in the botom of a 5gal bucket just to keep the bags off the bottom then the bags on top of the strainer then i pour the sludge in the bags and let sit for acouple weeks and it strains the oil outta the sludge,, all i have been useing is mineral oil it dont smell and it dont mess wit your hands ,, somebody said they used baby oil im gonna give that a try when i run outta mineral oil i hate giving them shipping on 4 gallon at a time for the mineral oil i cant find it local in gallons
i have a 10inch slab saw and it has worked great so far blade stays cool with mineral oil
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Post by stoner on Aug 4, 2004 23:32:27 GMT -5
Thanks John. I thought it was you that used mineral oil. I'll try the bags for the sludge; I'm going to disassemble the saw and clean and adjust everything so it'll be acouple of weeks before I'm ready for the oil anyway. By the way, Baby oil IS mineral oil with a fragrance added.
Ed
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Post by sandsman1 on Aug 4, 2004 23:57:13 GMT -5
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RiverOtter
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Post by RiverOtter on Aug 5, 2004 0:31:55 GMT -5
I'm kinda glad this was brought up again. John I was wanting to ask you, you used to use CoolTool. Why did you stop using it? One other question, will CoolTool, mineral oil or any of the other oils work in a wet tile saw?
Otter
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Post by sandsman1 on Aug 5, 2004 0:44:29 GMT -5
hi otter i read somewear that any blade 10 inch or more should be used with oil so i use the mineral oil in the slab saw,, i have an 8inch trim saw i use cool tool in that. and im very happy with it does a good job -- as long as the saw is a wet tile saw you can use any of that but if you use oil where a rain coat hahaha cause tile saws can get splashy and you will be wearin the oil when i had my tile saw i just used water and it worked fine but i never did alot of cuttin at once acouple rocks at a time if your gonna give it a work out id use tool cool
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Post by BearCreekLapidary on Aug 5, 2004 11:28:56 GMT -5
Hey Stoner,
I have a 10 weight food grade oil in my 14" slab saw. They say you can actually drink the stuff .. but I think I'll pass ;D. When it is all gone, I am going to try the baby oil and see how well that works. It has provided me with years of trouble free cutting on my other trim saws.
The brown bag trick works pretty well. I always dig back through the trimmings, to be certain that I am not overlooking something that is worth keeping.
Enjoy the day!
John
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MichiganRocks
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Post by MichiganRocks on Aug 5, 2004 16:42:37 GMT -5
Hey John, I wouldn't drink any unless you're looking to get cleaned out. Mineral oil is used as a laxative when drank. It'l oil up the ol' chute!
Ron
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Post by BearCreekLapidary on Aug 5, 2004 16:50:38 GMT -5
Eeeeeeuuuuuuggggggghhhhhhh! I hear ya! John
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shorty
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Post by shorty on Aug 5, 2004 18:25:25 GMT -5
hi stoner i use just plain water and i never have had a problem and my blades last me 5to 6 months and i use them just about every day.. shorty
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shorty
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Post by shorty on Aug 5, 2004 18:31:05 GMT -5
hi again my machine is a sears jem maker old model 10" blade and it never gets hot even cuting its limit on size rocks.
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Post by stoner on Aug 6, 2004 0:24:22 GMT -5
Hi all. Thanks for the replies. As far as cleaning out the saw, YUUUUUK! That stuff is nasty. It's all cleaned now, so at least when I re-assemble it I won't get all dirty. I'm gonna price the baby oil, mineral oil, and lemon oil, to see which one is the cheapest. They're all the same thing except for the fragrance.
Thanks again, Ed
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Post by mrbrett on Aug 6, 2004 7:26:41 GMT -5
I use the food grade mineral oil in my 20" saw and I think it works great. I have cut some big rocks and felt the blade afterwards and it was very cool. And the great thing about the food grade mineral oil is that when I cook fried chicken I just scoop up some oil and use it to fry. But for some reason the chicken can be a little gritty. I can't fiqure out why? HaHa
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MichiganRocks
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Post by MichiganRocks on Aug 6, 2004 7:43:15 GMT -5
In my MK100 10 inch tile saw, I use plain water with a little borax as a softening agent to make it "wet" to the blade better. When I just used the pan for a resevoir, I noticed that the water would heat up and the blade would get warm. I went to an external coolant system with 10 gallons of water. Have no problems at all now. Blade is always cool to the touch.
One other heat source occurs if I don't keep the rock fixtured well. If the rock moves and the blades binds a little, the temperature skyrockets.
Ron
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Post by deepsouth on Aug 6, 2004 21:36:30 GMT -5
I use Marlina 10 oil from Shell in my 10" saw and it is an anti wear Hydraulic oil. I just cleaned oit the sludge from my saw, first time since I bought it and there is a bucket full. Made the oil level a bit too low so I had to place rocks in the bottom .
She is cutting fine again now , through a piece of pet-wood.
Jack
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