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    Band Saw Troubleshooting(Post)

    Common Band Saw problems and how to solve them.  When it comes to learning what works and what doesn’t, nothing beats experience.  MK Morse has over 45 years of experience in the Band ...

    Gumming Saws(Page)

    by Lowell Freeborn Saw gumming is an operation that must be performed on all saws to be retipped.  It must be done accurately so the saw does not run out of balance and the tip recesses ar ...

    CSM Gumming(Page)

    Saw gumming is an operation that must be performed on all saws to be retipped.  It must be done accurately so the saw does not run out of balance and the tip recesses are all the same depth.&nbs ...

    Machine Coolant Filtering Successes(Page)

    The shop is West Coast Saws in Tacoma WA. at 2725 S. Ash St and it is owned by Brian Wallinger.   They grind saws and tools within one - one thousandth of an inch and have a computerized v ...

    Books (Page)

    Books Available for Purchase Building Superior Brazed Tools 265 pages, 390 Illustrations, 70 chapters, 200 pages on tool building plus 15 chapters on safety and health. Th ...

    Advanced Brazing Training(Page)

    Deliverables on Previous Projects Eliminate tungsten carbide breakage entirely Reduce tungsten carbide braze failure to six sigma (3 parts per million) Eliminate rework Improve bo ...

    Filtration Glossary continued n-r(Page)

    Machine Coolant Filtration Glossary Here is a glossary of Filtration Terms and their meanings.  Please refer to the Machine Coolant Filtration Index for articles and information on these t ...

    CSM Face Grinding(Page)

    More saws are literally butchered by facing improperly than by any other grinding operation.  In the first place, when a saw is first manufactured it has cutting geometry that is designed to per ...

    Saw Blade Wear Cutting Gypsum Board(Page)

    Saw Blade Wear Cutting Gypsum   End of gypsum board – notice saw marks     Two saw blades – top one is as removed.  Bottom one has been cleaned for inspectio ...

    Saw Blade Face Grinding(Page)

    by Lowell Freeborn More saws are literally butchered by facing improperly than by any other grinding operation.  In the first place, when a saw is first manufactured it has cutting geometry tha ...

    Bad Surface and Gumming(Page)

       Chrome Plating Not Gummed Out of Notch   These are the tips we broke out of a saw.  Two that were side ground  and one that had just been brazed into the saw and n ...

    Machine Coolant Sump Cleaning(Page)

    (This is a cleaning method for cleaning machine coolant sumps running water based machine coolants.  This is, perhaps, overkill in many cases but how much of this to do is your decision.  F ...

    When and Why to Fine Filter Machine Coolant(Page)

    For most purposes flat bed, cyclone, centrifugal and similar filter systems may be more than adequate.  There are some situations where fine filtering is a definite advantage.  Refer back t ...

    CSM Diamond Grinding(Page)

    The first question you should ask yourself is: What do I expect from a diamond wheel? Your answer should be a wheel that removes carbide fast and cool. Think this over very carefully and do not get ...

    Diamond Grinding(Page)

    by Lowell Freeborn  The first question you should ask yourself is: What do I expect from a diamond wheel? Your answer should be a wheel that removes carbide fast and cool. Think this over very ...

    How Carbide Wears(Page)

    Carbide Wear From the book Building Superior Brazed Tools    Buy the Book   Typically people think that carbide is worn away.  There are other considerations that are ...

    Diamond Grinding Saw Blades(Page)

    Lowell Freeborn The first question you should ask yourself is: What do I expect from a diamond wheel? Your answer should be a wheel that removes carbide fast and cool. Think this over very careful ...

    Machine Coolant Filter Units Owners Manual(Page)

    Owner’s Manual CP 2002 (also CP 2002 Wall Mount) & CP 2020 machine coolant Filtering Systems  Installation In order to fit your new Filter System in the shipping container, it was n ...

    Machine Coolant Disposal Regulations(Page)

    Machine Coolant Federal Regulations  (Note:  We have corrected the government list to comply with standard chemical notation where we felt it was necessary.  We have included both.)&n ...

    Types of Machine Coolant Disposal(Page)

    WARNING:  Do not take the following as being absolutely correct or as being all you need to know.   These were really good guidelines when I wrote them but laws change all the tim ...