I am a tradesman who has worked with , and owned , bandsaws for over 50 years. I never worked with a WATER cooled bandsaw but I have worked with many dozens of Oil lubricated / cooled saws. If you changed out the pump you could have something that would not rust and would do the job much better.
I took a piece of a 2x4 that was maybe 1" x 1.5" sawed a deep kerf into it and simple just dropped down on the blade at the rollers leaving the cutting area it acts like a wick and drops most of the coolant straight down instead of it going around the blade im thinking u can put a clamp on the wood block and adjust the wicking action so far works pretty good
I also watched Steve Summers flood coolant job. I am picking a used one of these up in a few days. I will be interested in doing the mod. Looks great. The other thing i want to do is a raise lower system. Because the saw is going to have to live under a 900mm worktop. Regards. Steve.
neoprene "tires" on the blade drive and idle wheels ,,!! ..a MUST to keep the blade on ..!! and QUALITY bi-metal brand name blades ..!! ..I've owned and operated mine for almost 20 years and it's still going ..probably the best $169.00 I've ever spent ...!! ..i did have to replace the chinese drive motor ..with a USED domestic made motor i picked up at a yard sale several years ago ..I use a portable spray mist apparatus ("KOOL MIST") for coolant system when I'm cutting exotic alloys ,,much less messy than flood coolant as the guides and guards are not designed to accommodate flood without potential leaks ..i also designed a feed control system using a sliding weight attached to the horizontal upper blade housing ...anyway ...pretty good small saw ...
First point is that like all machines, this saw must be monitored while in operation. Any irregularity requires intervention. Second is that the likely fault point is in the submersible pump, thus the GCFI.
@@papasfixitshop7982 the outlet you plug the bandsaw into needs to be GFCI i think he's saying. and i'm not sure why you went with that aftermarket weird dongle thing instead of just using a GFCI receptacle?
I am a tradesman who has worked with , and owned , bandsaws for over 50 years. I never worked with a WATER cooled bandsaw but I have worked with many dozens of Oil lubricated / cooled saws. If you changed out the pump you could have something that would not rust and would do the job much better.
The saw looks beautiful. I really like the contrasting colors.
I took a piece of a 2x4 that was maybe 1" x 1.5" sawed a deep kerf into it and simple just dropped down on the blade at the rollers leaving the cutting area it acts like a wick and drops most of the coolant straight down instead of it going around the blade im thinking u can put a clamp on the wood block and adjust the wicking action so far works pretty good
I also watched Steve Summers flood coolant job. I am picking a used one of these up in a few days. I will be interested in doing the mod. Looks great. The other thing i want to do is a raise lower system. Because the saw is going to have to live under a 900mm worktop. Regards.
Steve.
neoprene "tires" on the blade drive and idle wheels ,,!! ..a MUST to keep the blade on ..!! and QUALITY bi-metal brand name blades ..!! ..I've owned and operated mine for almost 20 years and it's still going ..probably the best $169.00 I've ever spent ...!! ..i did have to replace the chinese drive motor ..with a USED domestic made motor i picked up at a yard sale several years ago ..I use a portable spray mist apparatus ("KOOL MIST") for coolant system when I'm cutting exotic alloys ,,much less messy than flood coolant as the guides and guards are not designed to accommodate flood without potential leaks ..i also designed a feed control system using a sliding weight attached to the horizontal upper blade housing ...anyway ...pretty good small saw ...
Thanks, great idea. I must add to mine.
The modification of that plug is lethal……..think about what you demonstrate. That you can do something doesn’t mean you should!!!
Stavros
? Please explain
@@papasfixitshop7982 My guess is that he is concerned that you have a live outlet with no GFCI or other protection and liquid less than a foot away.
First point is that like all machines, this saw must be monitored while in operation. Any irregularity requires intervention.
Second is that the likely fault point is in the submersible pump, thus the GCFI.
@@papasfixitshop7982 the outlet you plug the bandsaw into needs to be GFCI i think he's saying. and i'm not sure why you went with that aftermarket weird dongle thing instead of just using a GFCI receptacle?
@@schlomoshekelstein908 it was cheap and easy to use the pigtail GFI plug
Best put a GFI on that or else it might me a shocking experience.