Re: [Emc-users] JOG motion inhibit

2022-01-17 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
Hi Andy, I hope you're doing well :) Thanks for the insight. Didn't think about using an STL file to determine the bounding boxes. I was just thinking about plain HAL logic because it's not that I need to cover a very complex geometry. But it's a pretty nifty solution and a good way to improve my

Re: [Emc-users] motor coolant for water cooled spindles.

2022-01-17 Thread Les Newell
I'd really recommend not using copper sulphate. It is corrosive to many metals, especially aluminium. In my laser and tig welder I use 20 - 30% propylene glycol in deionised/distilled water. Propylene glycol is the active ingredient in most RV antifreeze, without the dye and other additives.

Re: [Emc-users] motor coolant for water cooled spindles.

2022-01-17 Thread Todd Zuercher
I have been running normal green automotive antifreeze diluted to about 25% with distilled water, for our liquid cooled spindles. (But we've only had them for about 5 years.) Todd Zuercher P. Graham Dunn Inc. 630 Henry Street  Dalton, Ohio 44618 Phone:  (330)828-2105ext. 2031 -Original

Re: [Emc-users] motor coolant for water cooled spindles.

2022-01-17 Thread Milosz K.
Triadine 20 at no more than 1oz per 5 gallons. On Sun, Jan 16, 2022, 3:37 PM gene heskett wrote: > I just fired up the 6040 to make a pocket for a 3mm sq nut. Noted that > the coolant tank was down about an inch from evaporation, but hand hand > on the tank could feel the pump buzzing so I

Re: [Emc-users] motor coolant for water cooled spindles.

2022-01-17 Thread gene heskett
On Monday, January 17, 2022 9:17:34 AM EST Todd Zuercher wrote: > I have been running normal green automotive antifreeze diluted to about > 25% with distilled water, for our liquid cooled spindles. (But we've > only had them for about 5 years.) > Are you snowed in till the plows come yet? I

Re: [Emc-users] motor coolant for water cooled spindles.

2022-01-17 Thread gene heskett
On Monday, January 17, 2022 12:06:19 PM EST Milosz K. wrote: > Triadine 20 at no more than 1oz per 5 gallons. > Not too bad a price once Amazon breaks up the 6 pack minimum. OTOH, it does read like nasty, dangerous stuff. I'll see how well todays cleanup works, first. > On Sun, Jan 16, 2022,

Re: [Emc-users] motor coolant for water cooled spindles.

2022-01-17 Thread Thaddeus Waldner
The color is a dye to identify what kind of additives are added. In general, green is the older concoction and is designed for steel and copper, whereas the yellow or orange stuff has additives that are better suited for the plastic and aluminum coolant system parts in modern vehicles. I don’t

Re: [Emc-users] motor coolant for water cooled spindles.

2022-01-17 Thread Milosz K.
Once biologics get into a system, clean out is the first step. However, no amount of filtration can remove them all, if you don't kill all the bacteria it will come back. Just passing along what I learned from a Rustlick rep many years ago. On Mon, Jan 17, 2022, 6:29 PM gene heskett wrote: >

Re: [Emc-users] motor coolant for water cooled spindles.

2022-01-17 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users
I bet the coolant made for Toyota Prius engines and power inverters would be ideal for a CNC spindle motor. It only comes as a premix, and is only available from Zerex or Toyota. It's made with distilled and deionized water so it's completely non-conductive. What might be a strike against it is