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Lloyd E. Sponenburgh[_3_] Lloyd E. Sponenburgh[_3_] is offline
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So nobody has an opinion about coolant containment? Or rigidity of a
machine made out of steel vs aluminum vs potential harmonic ringing vs
cast iron?


Well, I have _opinions_ about it, but I'm not an expert. (and I didn't
catch this thread until now, so I don't know what you suggested.

I enjoy flood. I use mist sometimes, but don't like it for the mess.
Mist (even with a 'fogless' mist applicator) fills the shop and my lungs
with coolant fog, and I don't really want to clean it up or breathe it.

I built a four-sided lexan shield system for my mill with movable gates
for extreme knee positions. It captures almost every drop. A few fly
out the top, but very little, really. It's erected with slot-to-bolt
fixturing and a couple of speed nuts. It only takes about 45 seconds to
remove or erect.

LLoyd


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