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One major issue with the Fogbuster and other similar fogless coolant applicators that use air pressure is that they can have issues with the consistency of the coolant flow rate. If the coolant flow rate could be either measured or controlled, then the application would be much more reliable. The coolant volume that's being applied to the tool/cut only needs to be about 1 drop per 2 seconds (30 drops per minute). 1 drop of water equals 0.05ml. 1ml = 20 drops. So the pump need

The HAAS TM1 (Mine is 2005, but most years will be similar) has a 15A 220V outlet for the coolant pump. FogBuster and SST LUBE CUBE don't come with a solenoid to control them on and off from the CNC machine. Ideally we can use the coolant pump output. The easiest way to connect it is to buy a 220V (240V) solenoid air valve. Any other voltage will require an adapter to transform the 220V to the voltage of the solenoid air valve (which could be 12, 24, 48, 110-120, or 220-240 V

I've been eyeing the Fogbuster system for years for times/equipment where I can't use flood coolant, but I just can't swallow paying several hundred dollars for a water filter housing, some tubing, and a small block of metal. Along comes SST, and finally makes a similar fogless flood coolant system, the SST Lube Cube, that may even have some improvements. ▼ WHERE TO BUY ▶ SST LUBE-Cube Fogless Coolant Sprayer System IS LUBECUBE A COPY OF FOGBUSTER? Yes, but the original Fogbu

I've been working on a vise jaw design that can hold a workpiece of any shape. The jaws are designed to fit ontop of a KURT clone vise....

The shop air compressor would benefit from a smart switch that could do the following. A timer that shuts off the air compressor after hours and starts it up again in the morning. This is simple enough, except that there are times when we want the air compressor to stay on after hours, like if we have resin items that are curing in the pressure pot. A simple timer won't account for these anomalies, and we would need to add a bypass switch and remember to enable the bypass swi

The HAAS TM1 is commonly sold without way covers. The Y-axis linear rails are exposed, and the Y-axis ball screw has a spring cover that can still allow chips and coolant through. The exposed linear rails can get damaged, and they collect a lot of debris, which can get through the ball-bearing block wipers and contaminate the ball bearings. HAAS does sell metal front and rear covers for the linear rails, but they are expensive and still don't cover the ballscrew. TM-1 Y-axis

DISCLAIMER The following info are changes that were made to our equipment and for our reference only. Do not attempt to make any changes to your equipment. Only certified technicians with the proper skills are permitted to make changes to equipment. The HAAS TM1 (or HAAS TM-1P) came with large aluminum handles attached to the X and Y ballscrews, intended to be used by hand. I thought these would be useful, but in reality they are not. The position is awkward, which makes us

DISCLAIMER The following info are changes that were made to our equipment and for our reference only. Do not attempt to make any changes to your equipment. Only certified technicians with the proper skills are permitted to make changes to equipment. STEP 1: Unlock The Parameters 1) Press Emergency stop. 2) Press the SETNG/GRAPH key. 3) Type 7 then press the down arrow. 4) Use the Left or Right Arrow to change to OFF. 5) When OFF is shown press WRITE/ENTER. STEP 2: Change The

DISCLAIMER: The following info are my notes about modifying the power input on the NEST fire alarm. Do not attempt this at home. It could cause a malfunction of the fire alarm and injury or death if there is a fire. NEST Protect Fire Alarm uses expensive AA Lithium batteries that need to be changed every 1-2 years. It will not accept regular AA batteries, or rechargeable batteries. This is very annoying, not solely due to the cost of the batteries, but more so the maintenance

I needed a hydraulic shop press for many uses. Force testing vs displacement on some rubber samples. Pressing and forming PEM nut threaded inserts into sheet metal Bending sheet metal Pressing in pins. Pushing out pins. One thing I would like to be able to do is to pull on samples to test to failure. I could find or modify this press with a double-acting hydraulic cylinder. The way this hydraulic press is designed, the head with cylinder can be flipped upside down with the cy