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[Stonemon]

Vince, that is almost erotic! 

[Kaljaia]

That's a great setup! I'll be duplicating that, if you don't mind, on a rolling utility cart.

[vitzitziltecpatl]

Yeah, the rolling cart should make it even easier. Some light gage angle attached to the cart to hang the "rods" on would be perfect.

[PhilNM]

Cool. Thanks.  Here are 2 pics of my external drain/pump setups. one is frm the newly refurbed LS-14 and uses oil, the other from my old Raytech polisher for water drain and also fresh water pump supply

[vitzitziltecpatl]

Nice setup Phil. Is that one of the pumps from John at JS Gems? Speaking of Raytech, in the background of one of the saw curtain pics is an old Raytech 6" trim saw. It was our first saw larger than 4" (except for the Inland) and it also has a home-made spray shield.

[PhilNM]

No, not from john. The pump you can see is a fountain pump from harbor freight.  The pump you can't see is from the hardware store, it's an evaporative cooler pump. used them for many years. Only $20 each.

[vitzitziltecpatl]

Yeah, evap cooler pump in our LS14. It pumps oil fine, but I have shied away from fountain (water) pumps for oil because I don't know of anyone who has used a fountain pump for oil. I wouldn't even consider one unless it was rated for several feet of lift using water. Would be afraid they'd be too wimpy for oil.

[PhilNM]

Agreed. that's why the one you see is for supplying clean water to the wheels.  Can't beat a swamp cooler pump for the oil feeds. I use the 7000 size. Works extremely well. probably could get away with a smaller one, but... I like lots of oil on that blade. Don't get any misting and very little spraying, but when I do (odd angle on rock, etc) I simply stick a large piece of cardboard on the sides....  And I use Bardahl No Smoke to eliminate misting...

[Kaljaia]

Ok, had a few minutes in-person with the saw before heading back to work, so here's more pictures. Everything with threads is pretty rusted. I believe kerosene was used as the coolant but I'm wondering if someone used water at some point too, for the amount of rust; for being kept in a basement in Eastern Washington for all its life, it's more rust than I would have expected. Dismantled everything I could in the 15 minutes I had in order to see what screws needed to be replaced. Working on that! The folks I bought the saw from have offered to throw in a new blade, so I need to tell them what to get. The blade seems fairly decent (the rock that was in the vice had been cut very nice, smooth and straight) but the saw arm was down and the blade was resting on the rock for probably 5+ years, so the blade is now slightly dished.

Motor turns fine! Low RPM and also low noise. Bearings are great. My dad's tossing in a few extra old swamp cooler pumps but the pump in it does run; just haven't tested it with fluid in it yet.







As always, I appreciate advice!
The saw itself will arrive in Oregon end of next week; had to bring the small car this way this time, and parents are bringing it down when we swap cars. Ordering its rolling cart and I have the shower curtain, will need to get PVC next time I'm near a hardware store for the splash guard :)

[vitzitziltecpatl]

Yours looks better than ours did when we got it. We got a pump like the one in your saw with a different piece of vintage equipment, so it's good to hear that yours still works well. Haven't used ours - it's just been a backup.

There's a thread on here about "Sintered vs. Notched Rim" blades - I think that's the right title - and the BD 305 was one of the better options. It will probably cost as much as the saw... .

[Kaljaia]

Yeah I can't ask the folks I bought the saw from to pay me back all the money in the form of a blade! XD I'm going for the exact same blade, so affordable and from a company that will send it bushed to the correct diameter too, since MK is now all 1'' apparently and this needs a 3/4ths''. Blade is thick, but that's ok because I'm pretty well brand new to slab sawing and am going to be trying to cut all kinds of silly things. I'll wait on fancy blades for a bit!

Pump is roughly identical to a swamp cooler pump. I will probably end up replacing the tubing and if the pump won't pump mineral oil then it'll get swapped out.

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Hi All

Does anyone know if they made a 12 inch drop saw? I have found none in my research. This Saturday I should be getting 1 that has been setting for over 25 years in a guys shed. It is for free I just have to drive about 60 miles to go get it. I am thinking it is the same saw that is being talked about here.

Bless
Shawn

[vitzitziltecpatl]

Heh. The one we bought was listed as a 12". Looking at the photos before "buying-it-now" gave some hints it was bigger - and when got there to pick it up it was 14". Yours will probably be the same.

[likesrocks]

I'm the new guy around here! So hello all! I have recently acquired the exact same saw in prestige condition other than being very dusty, but no saw manual. Could I get a copy of the saw manual? I gladly would compensate for any costs. Thanks, Michael

[likesrocks]

I found the link, thank you !!!