That is what I ended up using temporarily. I broke (2) 1/8" carbide bits within minutes of each other by running them dry. I picked up a store brand of WD-40 and drenched the cutting area each pass. I went through two chunks of 5/8" 6061 aluminum without any problems after that. The parts were about 1" x 1-1/2" x 5/8" thick. The stuff stunk though...at least according to my wife when I came from the shop.
I am going the enclosure and flood coolant setup now. I am basing mine off of Hoss's design.
Mike
This thing is so cool. I got the shop air run, pluged her in and mixed up some Kool Mist #77, light blue color. Turn on the mill and started going though the motions. Took a second to figure out the flow rate of the coolant, Next time I just spray in on a flat piece, adjust and than cut.
It's great being able to see the part being cut, the chips are out of the way and there is no MESS.
Love it.
Smitty
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Here is mine:
-Speed
ah i tought you made your own mist cooling system
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I have'nt actually tried this yet, but, I got me a unit from MicroMark that looks perfect for small mills and lathes. It comes with a small pump, a small but strong magnetic stand, and various other things of interest, tank, tubing, nozzles, coolant and such. The most important things are; It's small, and, low cost, around $50.00 I think for the whole shebang. Check this out it may save some of us the inevitable failure of trial and error.
ATAxy- It's not mist, it's flood, duh. But I did make it though. I made a few things on it.
-Speed
i did notice it was flood, its just that since everybody was talking about mist i tought you where saying you made your own mist setup
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A mister might be easy enough to make using something like a spray nozzle from a bottle and a small air valve or regulator. Perhaps even using a small spray bottle as a reservoir. Fix the nozzle open. Add two or three pounds of air and you have a mister.
Lee
I live in a very small NYC apartment with my TAIG placed right next to my bed. I do have an enclosure, but nevertheless, any liquid/coolant is out. I've recently purchased a small 1.3HP air compressor and a very-simply DIY with loc-line and air tubing to provides a means of chip removing during milling operations. Check out the details and pictures!) on my TAIG Blog: www.nyccnc.com
Thanks!
Tormach PCNC 1100, SprutCAM, Alibre CAD
I made a coolant mister out of an model airplane engine carburetor, it works fine. You can probably pick one up at a flea market pretty cheap.
You could set something up like an IV drip bag. Then you could regulate how much coolant you want to go into the airstream.
A question for those of you in this thread using fog buster or DIY versions.
What do I need in the way of a coolant/drip collection tray using a fog buster type system?
Currently I'm setting up a CNC'd X3 mill and have it sitting on a Formica bench top. I'm putting up guards round it and realised I need to be considering coolant methods and if/what I need to collect used coolant. Due to limited space I want to avoid a full flood system and keen on the fog buster droplet design. However I haven't been able to find any information on what collection system is necessary or if one is necessary.
When using a fog buster system do I need a full wide base tray covering the whole bench like a flood system that requires draining excess coolant into a separate container? Will the worktable be enough with the drain on the end or will I need something in between the two?
Without having seen one in operation it's hard to know what is required.
Thanks.
With a properly functioning FogBuster type mister, you don't need *anything*. If you're collecting more than VERY small amounts of coolant, you're doing something wrong. I run a home-made FogBuster on a knee mill, and after running all day on the most aggressive cuts (1/2" wide, 1/2" deep, 30+IPM), there may be a few ounces of coolant collected in the T-slots. With the kind of cuts you can do on an X3, there should be virtually nothing.
When properly adjusted, you should see just a few *very* small droplets of coolant skittering away from the tool, and the stream coming out of the nozzle should be virtually invisible. If you can see the stream coming out of the nozzle, or you're actually getting more than very small coolant accumulation anywhere, you've got it turned up too high.
Regards,
Ray L.
Also this link.
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showth...ight=fogbuster
Al.
CNC, Mechatronics Integration and Custom Machine Design
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Albert E.
Thought I'd post a few pics of the Fog Buster style mister I built. I really haven't played with it enough to find the best pressure setting. Around 20psi works pretty well. It can push out a surprising blast of air for the low pressure. Easily adjust from all air to all fluid.
The tanks is PVC pipe stuff. Should hold 2 gallons or so of mist fluid.
Here's a link to the directory with the zero fog mister plans (at the bottom) as mentioned in the other thread:
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...retired_files/