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I was recently doing some parting/threading and using my drip oiler that I made a few years ago. In the past, I would let it drip into my cookie sheet/chip tray that I keep under the lathe bed. But I got tired of the mess of mixing the oil with the chips and so I made a little funnel of sorts to keep things a lot cleaner on my compound/saddle, and under the lathe bed.
I made a prototype out of modeling plastic (polypropylene) and heat gun, and then made a cardboard template once I knew the design worked. I used the template to cut out the sheet metal funnel and soldered the joints. I’m using a large magnet from HFreight and a small Tupperware dish that fits under the bed to catch the oil. It can then be easily recycled by running it back through some cheesecloth to separate the chips.
Also, I don’t like blowing chips around with my normal full shop pressure blow gun while working on a machine and so I built a hands free, adjustable, magnetic air nozzle system to clear chips and provide cooling when deep drilling. I machined an aluminum, magnetic block and used modular LocLine for the nozzles. I made it with two spray nozzles so I can blow from two angles or down the two flutes of a drill. I also bought a little $10 regulator from HF to adjust the pressure for the situation, minimize compressor run-time and prevent chips from blowing everywhere. It’s portable so I can move it to the mill when needed as well.
This was made for my G0602 but I'm sure something similar could be adapted to other mftr/models. I believe that this would also work for a siphon/atomizer - Kool Mist type set up, but I haven’t tried.
Rick
I made a prototype out of modeling plastic (polypropylene) and heat gun, and then made a cardboard template once I knew the design worked. I used the template to cut out the sheet metal funnel and soldered the joints. I’m using a large magnet from HFreight and a small Tupperware dish that fits under the bed to catch the oil. It can then be easily recycled by running it back through some cheesecloth to separate the chips.
Also, I don’t like blowing chips around with my normal full shop pressure blow gun while working on a machine and so I built a hands free, adjustable, magnetic air nozzle system to clear chips and provide cooling when deep drilling. I machined an aluminum, magnetic block and used modular LocLine for the nozzles. I made it with two spray nozzles so I can blow from two angles or down the two flutes of a drill. I also bought a little $10 regulator from HF to adjust the pressure for the situation, minimize compressor run-time and prevent chips from blowing everywhere. It’s portable so I can move it to the mill when needed as well.
This was made for my G0602 but I'm sure something similar could be adapted to other mftr/models. I believe that this would also work for a siphon/atomizer - Kool Mist type set up, but I haven’t tried.
Rick
