I just completed my coolant system and I find the blade is draging coolant to the rear of the saw and driping on the deck. what do I do here? Thanks...
... Easiest: add a drip pan back there, drain to same sump. Watch for the drain tubing to get hard and crack after you start to depend on it. ;-) I'd start...
I have a blade wiper made of a piece of neoprene sheet. But some coolant does get past. However, the way I'm setup I can live with the small amount of drip. ...
Good point. I'll keep this in mind for when I add a coolant pan to my 4x6. The idea would appear to be good for vertical operation, too. You can probably...
I've had fair success by mounting a cheap wire wheel touching the blade at a 45 degree angle. This tends to rotate while adding just enough drag to get a lot...
Hi all, I finally got around to building a better stand for my HF special. I got lots of great ideas from all your postings. It's not entirely done -- still...
Hi David,good looking stand.I have a bunch of 1" angle that I should make a new stand from.I don't know when I'll be adding a coolant system to my saw but will...
Hi Guys, I just picked up a Sterling Packard saw for $50 bucks. Was too good of a deal to not buy. I'm waiting for a new blade I ordered. Should be here...
I made my coolant tray of sufficient size that it will catch any drip that may occur at the back, but I have also installed a piece of rubber with a slit for...
Hi folks, My name is Chris Kilpatrick, I am a hobby blacksmith, just got my HF saw and put it together, getting the 80-90 oil to put in it. Plan on cutting RR...
Just cut 128# railroad rail last night. Compared to my chop saw, no noise, no mess and a microscopic kerf. Gotta love it! Now to make fullers and hardies...
How long did it take you to cut through the rail? Did you use cutting oil? A word of caution (my own experience)... Don't leave the saw unattended. If the...
Took a couple of hours, but that includes turning it because it was too big for the saw to cut all the way through in one cut. Had a strange thing happen; I...
I cranked them as hard as I could. Now Realize I am 6'3" and 230# of blacksmith, so I can torque them reasonably well. I did not that the 10 tpi blade felt...
Gents, I cut a railroad rail just last week on a HF special. I used cutting oil that I dripped into the cut manually, and I was using a new bimetal blade....
There is a adjustment That tilts one of the wheels so that the blade walks into the shoulder on the wheels. Its the plated bar on the top wit two screws. The...
As a saw blade is used it loses "set." That is to say, its width of cut decreases. If you change blades, do not try to put the new blade into the old cut. It...
Recently purchased a Harbor Freight 4x bandsaw. Been perusing all the great messages and information in this group. Thanks all. Question: I will be cutting...
I cut aluminum, brass dry. I use paraffin on steel. DO NOT (excuse the shouting) try to lube the blade with the saw running if you are using paraffin! It can...
It can? I have one those 2" diameter tubes of Relton Stick-Kut (http://www.relton.com/cutfluid2003.html#stick) that I press against the blade periodically...
In my case, I used the bar type paraffin block. Fed the block from the bottom, so as to lube both sides of the blade. Jerked the bar out of my hand. Have bin...
I guess that's the plus of the tube - 8" of offset handle... (I hope everyone reads that in context...@;-) ) Graciously, Jim Lakewood, CA All Hail Rube...
I use parrafin, too, although I place a glop of it to the left hand side of the stock, right where the blade will be cutting through. I figure that way it...
Hello, I am trying to get my 4X6 saw to track. When I adjust the tracking bolt I can not get the blade to ride against the shoulder on the bottom wheel. The...
You may have to adjust the lower wheel out on the shaft, or the tracking wheel may not be pressed on it's shaft far enough. Also a streched blade may cause the...
Also blade guides misadjusted can cause tracking problems. ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? ...
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