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Coolant/Oil for Chamber flush
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 594821" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>interestingly that the guy said to stay away from water soluble cutting fluids. They're kinda the standard in the industry right now, and have been for thirty years. Petroleum based fluid are now only used in gear cutting and certain specialized grinding ops (thread grinding mainly). Still a lot of folks are using spray mist systems for basic surface turning on engine lathes and light milling ops. Mostly used to keep the inserts cool.</p><p> </p><p>When they first started using water based stuff there was a problem with acidity, but that's been gone for over twenty five years. Rusty is right about bacteria forming in them, and we did the samething he did with a gallon of bleach per hundred gallons. I recommend adding bleach to whatever you use as there is a fungus problem with just about every coolant out there these days, and bleach is the cheap fix.</p><p> </p><p>Whatkind of a coolant system are you using? With an open end deal like a gun barrel, a Jet Pulse is the hot setup if you can find one reasonable. It will literally blow the chips out of the cutting area like nothing I've ever seen, but it dosn't work well with super thin coolants like mineral seal.</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 594821, member: 25383"] interestingly that the guy said to stay away from water soluble cutting fluids. They're kinda the standard in the industry right now, and have been for thirty years. Petroleum based fluid are now only used in gear cutting and certain specialized grinding ops (thread grinding mainly). Still a lot of folks are using spray mist systems for basic surface turning on engine lathes and light milling ops. Mostly used to keep the inserts cool. When they first started using water based stuff there was a problem with acidity, but that's been gone for over twenty five years. Rusty is right about bacteria forming in them, and we did the samething he did with a gallon of bleach per hundred gallons. I recommend adding bleach to whatever you use as there is a fungus problem with just about every coolant out there these days, and bleach is the cheap fix. Whatkind of a coolant system are you using? With an open end deal like a gun barrel, a Jet Pulse is the hot setup if you can find one reasonable. It will literally blow the chips out of the cutting area like nothing I've ever seen, but it dosn't work well with super thin coolants like mineral seal. gary [/QUOTE]
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