On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:19:46 -0600, "Mike Henry"
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"Harold and Susan Vordos" wrote in message
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"spaco" wrote in message
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Slightly off the topic, but I put a home made coolant system on my old
surface grinder when I bought it about 7 9or 8 years ago. My brother
told me how bad it smells around surface grinders because of the rancid
coolant, so I went to an industrial lubricant company and asked if
anything could be done to avoid the smell. They sold me a 5 gallon pail
of hi-tech coolant for $135. It gets diluted 32:1. There is NO
offensive smell, even though I leave the coolant in the tank for a couple
of years at a time, only adding water to top it off until the level of
sludge in the 15 gallon tank is 3 or 4 inches deep.
A good investment for me. I hope this can translate to your saw. (I
still have my 4 X 6 which I run dry).

Pete Stanaitis
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I hate to say this after you bought the new stuff but for years we
used water and soluble oil for grinders. The water keeps things cool
and washes away the grindings while the oil keeps the rust under
control. Hardly ever smelled bad but when it did we just drained the
tank, flushed with water and refilled. Seems to me it was actually a
radiator additive and turned the water white like milk.


Bruce-in-Bangkok
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