Cold Saw Training Request

I do not see a class available anytime soon to train me on the cold saw. I have a few cuts to make. Anyone kind enough to train me to use it?

There aren’t any classes because it’s only about 10 minutes of training. If you can catch David @photomancer, Nick @nicksilva, or Tim @TBJK some time, I’m sure they’d be glad to show you.

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If you see someone using it, - ask them to train you.

@designcat Nancee, this really needs to be the first class we should put on Moodle.

Thank you for the replies and the info. I haven’t seen anyone using it yesterday or today, but it is the holidays.

I can meet anyone willing and able to train me at anytime. Please let me know. I will continue to look for someone using it and bother them.

Bud was kind enough to notice my plan b struggles and trained me. What a nice machine. Thanks bud!

Key reminder:

  • NO HARDENED materials.
  • Mild steel or brass.
  • NO HARDENED materials.
  • 4" max size at 90 degrees, about 3.25" at 45 degrees
  • NO HARDENED materials.
  • Coolant is always flowing

Oh and NO HARDENED materials.

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Also no aluminum right?

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Excellent! You remembered, you are clearly capable of teaching the class!

No aluminum, copper or soft metals, except brass (per Kalamazoo). The gullets on the blades we have are very small and will clog up.

Also our blade rotates @ 30 or 60rpm with 350MM/14" diameter blade. So it is moving at about 110sfm or 220sfm, which is good for mild steel. Aluminum needs about 1,700sfm or about 465rpm.

For hardness: 55HRC<. This would mean most SS’s would be out, but we’ve found if the stainless is less than .125" thick, the blade is removing enough material that the work hardened zone is not impacting the blade adversely.

Translated: if you have an annealed alloy that is 55HRC< then it’s okay to cut.

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I was trained and I am making cuts. What a great machine. I’ve stopped as I noticed after a few cuts that there is no longer lubricant on the blade. I am not sure how to correct this issue. I have not made a mess, so I can only speculate that it is low or out of lubricant.

Can you help me out so I can move forward?

Under the Clausing Drill press you will find some premix in 5 gallon containers - one is marked PRE-MIX. Add about 1.5 gallons (approximately 6L) to the saw. Just pour it slowly down the openings on the left side (side with power switch & padlock). Have the blade rotating - green button at center top of panel and at some point you’ll see coolant flowing. then finish adding so there is more than minimum.

Coolant should start to flow and you’ll know it is at minimum. If no pre-mix, you could probably just add 1.5 gallons of water as the water evaporates but the coolant is pretty much still there.

You’re good to go. Thanks for asking. If you want to make some pre-mix, ratio is 15 or 20 to 1 of concentrate to water. Or roughly 1 quart to 1.5 quarts to that 5 gallon container. If none is out there, PM me and I’ll give you the combo to the teacher’s cabinet.

@nicksilva @TBJK @jphelps @BobKarnaugh We ought to leave a gallon of concentrate under drill press with dilution ratio written on it.

Excellent. Thank you for reaching out. I added some water after someone suggested it, and will now add some premix.

I was thinking water, but didn’t want to move forward out of respect for the saw.

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We want the tools used - glad to help and thanks for keeping it running well. Cold Saw is great tool, especially of doing setups for welding. Nice clean precise cuts.