On Tuesday, February 14, 2012 03:23:53 PM Jon Elson did opine: > gene heskett wrote: > >> my trial copy timed out. http://www.mrmachinist.net/ > >> I just checked, it seems to still have the feed rate, etc. > >> calculator. > > > > Needs wine & $70. > > Do they have a trial version? > > > Since I have yet to stumble over a suitable pan to catch & recycle the > > coolant, air seems like the best bet then, delivered via the mister I > > built, and which I can position about an inch from the tool, following > > the tool. My run times for that are relatively short as the reservoir > > only holds about 2 ci. It also fogs up my glasses as the safflower > > oil just seems to hang in the air for hours. It does work well, > > giving me the best finish ever. If I open the door & stick a box fan > > blowing out, the air is tolerable. 40 years ago you could buy a > > needle valve to regulate the oil flow, but no one makes such a beast > > today. What you can get is one that when stopped down as tight as you > > can turn it, still leaks about 10x what you need. :( Something else > > I'll have to make I guess. > > While I don't use mist coolant, I think it should be excellent in this > situation. I did a similar > wheel once in some kind of plated steel, and it was chewing up my > carbide end mill. > So, I did it with an air blast and brushed-on cutting oil and it worked. > > Have you tried aquarium air valves?
Now there is a source I hadn't thought of, thanks Jon! > Hoke and Swagelock make valves that > will close > down to helium leak checker leak rates, but they may be expensive. May be? Shirley you jest. :) > > Jon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> "With molasses you catch flies, with vinegar you catch nobody." -- Baltimore City Councilman Dominic DiPietro ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
