On Friday 22 March 2019 14:41:33 Les Newell wrote: > > neither ships to the states. > > Sure they do > <https://www.ebay.com/itm/for-CNC-Lathe-Metal-Milling-Machine-Mist-Coo >lant-Lubrication-Spray-System-Unit/283340566564> > <https://www.ebay.com/itm/2pcs-Silver-304-Stainless-Steel-Capillary-Tu >be-1-6-2-3-4-10mm-OD-250mm-Length/222945548060> > > Les
Not from the previously posted links, Less. And its a bit late, the plumbing is complete but not tested. I drilled into the side of the mounting block to borrow the pop bottle air, setting a piece of 1/8" OD brass pipe into the hole with some super glue. And found when I found my stock of model makers brass tubing, that I had a foot of 1/16" OD which will make the needed flow restriction so thats now between the pickup in the bottle, and the little fluid line, taped down on top of the gantry frame with enough of the 1/8" ID line to allow X to move full travel. It'll get tested when the superglue is hard. Probably could right now, its had around 3 hours to cure. Hilitchi supplied the coke lid fittings, inserted into a puddle of gell glue from the inside of the coke lid. The only problem is a lack of a broom clip to grab the lid with to keep the coke bottle from jiggling loose as the gantry moves, there are none of those broom clip puppies for sale in the county. Walmart folks weren't sure they even knew what they were! Sigh... Might have to rig a miniature bungee cord to hold it. Yeah, go work the air hose onto the brass pipe & test it right about now. Nope, a foot of 1/16 inch od brass pipe is still about 40x too much liquid. Drained 3 ounces out of the coke bottle in around 2 minutes and would have washed the workpiece clean. Even turned down to about 5 psi, huge slobbery drops, not a spray at all. At 20 psig, about the right amount of atomization but aimed straight out, it only sagged about 4" in 3 feet, way too strong. So I just bought some more even smaller stuffs <https://www.ebay.com/itm/153141897482>, still cheaper than a quality needle valve. But I am getting frustrated trying to find the stuff to make an idea actually work. Next would be a spring loaded blowoff to limit bottle pressure, at risk of losing more air. In which case I'll put this small bore in series going to the bottle to limit the air flow. Some of Rube Goldbergs patents will have nothing on me... Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
