POTD- PROJECT OF THE DAY: What Did You Make In Your Shop Today?

Brento said:
@woodchucker yea it is an 8530. The close ins are on both sides. For coolant in the future. I got the turret stop with the Lathe. It takes a bit to set up but it works. I also got where i can part off good as well. Nice and slow.
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I have been using my mist coolant quite a bit lately. as a matter of fact, I have new plumbing to run, Wish I had those ends.. I 'll have to make them.
I find it to be an advantage over oil. Only on 12L14 or other free machining do I fall back to oil.. Both the ends and turret stop are nice... thanks.
 
I had some down time in the shop so I decided to swap the worn out 12" 3 jaw chuck off of the lathe and put the new one on. In my younger years I would just man handle it off and the new one on. Not anymore. Work smarter not harder. Fork lift to the rescue.
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Not bad. About 2.5 thousands run out on the new 12" Gator chuck.
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A little while back i posted when I tore this saw apart, sandblasted it yesterday and gave it a custom grey paint job today, Had a half litre of black, added a half litre of white two part urethane.
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Greg
 
Brento said:
@woodchucker id like to do mist coolant but it is messy and it isn’t cheap either
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ok, I'm not trying to sell you. Oil is great. I just decided that rather than using it for surface grinding only to use it more often. I had been using it on and off, and a few months ago, I started using it more and more. I like both oil and mist. When I saw your endcaps, I was surprised. I didn't know clausing had them.
 
I understand. I didnt think you were trying to sell me. I did find a cheaper mister from micromark that at the time was 60$? I do want coolant for my grinder as well. But that will be a hard pill to swallow.
 
NCjeeper said:
If you go the mister coolant route here is an inexpensive solution. This is what I have hooked up on mine.
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Do you need air for it. What do you use for coolant and how do you hold the coolant or disperse it out if you dont use air.
 
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