Ok now I need saw coolant. Any suggestions?

[cybor462]

Now I got my new saw what should I use for coolant. I cut both ferrous and non ferrous on a regular basis. Also my shop is not heated when I am not in it. Temp has gone to as low as 30* so far this winter. So freezing is a problem.

I have a Grainger close by so it would be wise to pick it up and not pay shipping.

I want something that will work. I am sure you guys have a favorite.

[greywynd]

I haven't had a chance to try it, but I've been told of a couple people using RV antifreeze for coolant. Non toxic, non freezing, and has a little bit of a lubricating quality. Anyone else ever tried it or seen it used?

Mark

[wierdscience]

Kling brand water soluable oil is what I use at work.It's cheap,smells good and won't freeze down to -10f.A quart will make 25 quarts of coolant for most sawing applications.

[Evan]

Best coolant for aluminum by far is WD-40. I buy it at $20 per gallon.

[torker]

I buy water soluable coolant from Graingers here. It's numbered A-10.
I've never had it go rotten and it doesn't leave any rust unless you let the solutin get too weak. It's a concentrate also (20 to 1 mix)
The last place I worked it got pretty cold with the saws outdoors (-30). No one said but I'm sure they started running about 100% pure auto antifreeze. Sure seemed like it to me. Ummm...it never froze. We tarp the saws at night and leave the coolant run all night. When it gets real cold we use a small electric space heater, Works fine down to -30C

[chipmaker4130]

I use a mist cooler for everything, although I do use a pretty heavy spray for sawing and milling. I mix my own out of equal parts water soluable oil and a crankshaft grinding coolant concentrate, then dilute that mix 25:1 with water. It's amazing how fast it sucks the heat out, doesn't stink and is easy to clean up. No rusting either.

[Your Old Dog]

I bought some stuff from NAPA auto parts store, house brand, but it does for ice cube inside when the shop temperature drops to 10F. Normally, at that point I could give two $hit$ as that ain't quality shop time! I'm not convinced it's good to run machinery when it's that cold anyway.

[Mosside]

When I frist got my bandsaw I ran it with coolant because it is the right thing to do. Then after a while of the mess and - yes freezing, I quit and ran it dry. For the amount of cutting I do it works just fine and the blades still last a very long time.

Doug

[Bill Pace]

When I frist got my bandsaw I ran it with coolant because it is the right thing to do. Then after a while of the mess and - yes freezing, I quit and ran it dry. For the amount of cutting I do it works just fine and the blades still last a very long time.

Doug

My sentiments exactly!! Sheesh, what a mess,---- so I started off when just making a little cut, not using anything and that progressed to not using anything at all now. On AL. I keep a little needle tip bottle of Kerosene on the saw and will give a few drops along to keep the gumming down. Im like Doug, in a (my) HSM'er shop, I just dont see the benefit of it.

[deltaenterprizes]

Paraffin works well,just make a cut into an old candle to fill the teeth when gutting aluminum or a spray bottle with any of the above recomended mixtures