Official Flood coolant MOD for the 4x6 Harbor Freight saw PART 1
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2021
- This week I done a mod on my Harbor Freight 4x6 band saw that I've wanted to do for the last 6 years. I finally broke down and made a full coolant system for this great little saw. It was pretty easy so far and I hope it all works out as I planned. I cant wait for the test run! Consider supporting Steve Summers CZcams channel
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*Perfect band saw for the hobby enthusiast **MyBest.Tools** Easy to set up and square. Had it running in 10 to 15 minutes. Quality of cuts will depend on the quality of the blades.*
Gotta love Momma's classic first aid for treating boo-boo's. No expiration date. Gave me a ear to ear smile over my Saturday morning coffee!! Best of Luck, Stay Healthy.........
Steve you are one lucky man... My wife would not been seen dead in my shop... Top Job Sir top job... Cheers John..
CAD=Cardboard aided design 😂😂😂
You beat me to it!! 😄
Lol, that's great...
I identify with your struggle with the pencil sharpener. Nice project, added to my long list of stuff to do.
Love the ‘CAD’ design system! 😆 Another fascinating build, beautifully executed. Thanks for my Saturday morning chill-time. 👍
Reminds me of czcams.com/users/results?search_query=pierre%27s+garage video when he said, I don't use CAD I use PAD and did his drawings on A made of paper PAD. John, Australia.
Edit: This is not the Video, just a link to his channel if any person is interested.
Mr. Pete uses CAD all the time.
Just like a truck driver on a long trip, no leaks.
Thank you for sharing. Great idea. Watched it and very much enjoyed it.
Seeing that pencil sharpener was a nostalgia bomb. The moment I saw it I could smell it. The official pencil sharpener of every school teacher of my childhood
Hope all is well. Concerned for the folks affected by flooding on the East coast. Hope your creek is behaving itself.
Excellent design and execution Steve. The manufacturer should incorporate this into their standard machine and pay you a royalty.
Indeed but my concern is the electrics which are not designed for splashing with water might object. Possibly more of a problem in the 240 volt world than you low voltage people.😉
@@chrisstephens6673 England ?
@@TomokosEnterprize oh lord, you mean she is a home grown loony.
Edit, that probably won't make any sense as it was a reply to a different post about an even pottier politician than they have in Washington.😢 note to self get better teading glasses.
@@chrisstephens6673 YUP ! LOL.
@@chrisstephens6673 ...125 volts will kill you just as dead, just as fast!
Literally thinking about just this today. Thanks Steve you have just created my lockdown 2.0 project. Cheers from New Zealand.
Looking awesome!!! Thanks for sharing Steve!!!
Nice project. Excellent shop tools.
Two words, work bench.... instead of floor.
Good morning, Steve. Thank you.
Good to see you get to have some fun in the shop. Neat little project
A plan! Enjoyed watching, thanks.
Awesome out of all the mod’s I’ve seen on this saw this is one of the best!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Agree on the saw base actually being ridgid enough. It's first impression is flimsy but when assembled it does it's job.
Great video I always look forward to your work. Thanks.
Very nicely done Steve.
Thank you for sharing, much appreciated.
Super cool - using tools to make other tools better. Can’t wait for part 2. 👍😎👍
Great design!
Great idea and it should extend the life of your saw blades greatly. I liked the last few seconds of your video when you said "anybody could do it as long as you have some basic hand tools and The Drive". You certainly have The Drive as evident by your shop renovation project, the many improvements you've made to your equipment, and your never ending strive for excellence in everything you do. Thank you for giving all of us something to look forward to on Saturday mornings.
Nicely said !
Hah, Steve and Brian Block both have extra helpings of The Drive. They wouldn't even need the hand tools, just two rocks and a sharp stick. Couple months later the job would be done, and they'd have made a set of tools along the way.
Thanks for sharing! I Came across a pump yesterday!
Great idea, will do one myself.
Thanks for the idea! I've got 2 of those saws one of aluminum and one for steel, looks like a have a new project to do.
Pretty cool project!!!
Great Job! 👍
Ta Steve and Elisabeth, always interesting content Cheers.
Very cool add on.
Steve, you know why,I like your videos,you deliver results,!
Of course I will be here next week. My Saturday mornings are looked forward to see what you are up to.
Hey Steve good idea . I might try it on mine later this year when i take it out of the box , Thanks for the videos.
Thanks for the video
Watching you and your wife makes my day😁
Great video. You never cease to amaze me. I have the same saw from Grizzly since 1990 and always wanted to do the same thing. Now you have motivated me to do it . I really enjoyed this video as you said many of small home shops have these saws. I also have the Evolution 15" dry saw and plasma torch and oxy/acetylene torch but I still use this saw a good bit. Thanks for sharing. Dan
Very neat! I wouldn't be surprised if your idea becomes an iconic improvement to this band saw of which there must be 10's of 1000's.
Yes and I for one am going to do something very similar as I have a brand new complete coolant pump system which was intended for my lathe by previous owner and I don't want flood coolant on it as it's too messy in a very small shed, so I will be using on the 4x6" exact same, but different branded saw here in the UK
Hi Steve and Elizabeth ☺ nice mod on the little bandsaw, good job you saved that metal shelf, just goes to show all the junk we accumulate comes in handy eventually, lol. Looking forward to seeing it up and running, thanks for the video, stay safe guys, best wishe's to all, Stuart uk.
Outstanding Sir....cheers
Thanks for the imperial to metric conversion @ 4:41 & 13:06 :)
Very clever! I wore out two of that exact same saw in my shop so I upgraded to the 7 x 12 hydraulic lever saw from Harbour Freight. It came with the coolant system. I didn’t know that I needed this feature until I got the saw. Your TIG welding skills are phenomenal.
Happy Saturday Steve, Elizabeth and Gritts! I have one of those saws! Looks like mine will have to have a coolant system too. Great basic concepts and techniques, Cardboard Aided Design is something I learned on Utube too. Great Saturday mornin, thanks for sharing your efforts, God Bless.
Ha Steve
Drop a magnet 🧲 in the tray to catch the greater amount of chip.
As it will make clean up that much easier.
Great job. 👍
Keep them coming.
This is the best video of yours I have seen. The editing and content is great!
Ive been wanting to do this for my 4x6 jet mitering bandsaw since i got it, only reason i got that and not the harbor freight is i got a smoking deal on it. Love your videos they always hit home for me, they are always helpful and and informative, and like i said, somewhat close to the things ive been doing which is a great help in itself. Im not quite to your level yet but hope to get their eventually lol. Another great video, hope you and your family are doing well!!
Great job Steve. Well thought out. Once painted to match saw, it will look like it was there from day one. Hope your knee feels better. I'm sure it does.
Not only are you a good modder...and a welder. But daggumit you make a pretty good bell too!
Keep em coming!!!!
Loved the bit of comedy you put in there...
:-D
Great addition to the saw!
:-D
Nice work sir!
What a great idea. There must be thousands and thousands of these saws out there. Mine is machine green and came from Princess Auto. Canadas Harbor Freight. Although mine has 4 independent legs and after a week they had to be reinforced. It is a great little saw I made a vertical table for it that greatly improved it's uses. I picked up a bunch of off cuts of 16 gage sheet metal from our local land fill transfer station that now has a purpose. Thanks a bunch for bringing this to us on another fine Saturday morning relax time with you. Take care eh.
Like the accent you have when you say coolant....cooowwlent...keep up great work. Love this upgrade.
Nice work Mr. Summers, and very timely for me - I picked up one of the variants of this machine a few weeks ago and have set up a gravity feed coolant tank but have quickly realised it makes a mess with longer cuts. I think I will start by 'borrowing' your tray design (maybe a screwed on version) for simple fluid recovery first then work on a recycling system. Thanks for sharing your work.
It,s to see back good job back
Very Cool! :-) I'm planning quite a few improvements to my saw and I will definitely have to include flood coolant.
Nice! I was just modding out my HF saw myself.
Funny, I've been using one of these since the mid-eighties, long considered this whole notion, and in particular, the portability being the primary consideration. Incredibly, I've got the exact same pencil sharpener, sitting on my bench as well. Thanks for a good plan, and well thought out design, very well considered.
Thanks, for your work but especially for better than average welding photography.
Nice work Steve 👍
Good job. Looks factory 👍
Funny, mine is exactly like that but painted olive green and says "Delta" on it. So much for buying a name brand! Mine must have come out of the same factory as Steve's. Great project! I can't wait to get started on mine.
great work as usual...Do not forget the saw dust that will collect and possibly clog up the system
Good job man now I wanna do it to my saw
I have one of those saws only in green. Like your mods may have to make one like that. I have found that the hardware supplied will not stay tight. That makes the legs wobbly. Thank for sharing!
Great job, thanks.
Hey Steve, if you need a little pump like that and you have a local HVAC supply house near by, you can probably pick up a condensation pump, off the shelf.
very timely as I was looking to do something similar with the same saw I have.
Good upgrade
Good morning Steve! Watching you lift the saw on to the legs, the "Good Idea Fairy" visited me. Build the tank as part of leg extensions (remember I'm 6' 3" and getting old so I can't been over as well as I use to.)
cant wait for part 2! was crossing my fingers you were going to plug in the pump just so we could see the flow rate but good things come to those who wait, cheers!!
I havent had a boo boo kiss in 55 years-lol Love watching a nice fabrication job come to fruition, more satisfying than buying new when it all comes together as planned. Nice job.
Looking forward to seeing this finished. I'd like to do the same thing to mine.
Nice work Steve, See you next time...
Can't wait to see the final result. I have the same saw with a tray on the floor and hate it! I used a recycled gallon plastic milk jug with the top cut off sitting on a shelf right where your tank sits and a little smaller Little Giant pump.
Sean Signer.....So what you are saying is that you aren't worth a shit at designing and fabrication.
You will want to put a back flow preventer (check valve) on the coolant line to keep the coolant readily available. We put them on our misters. I hate waiting for the coolant.
I was really impressed by your lack of swearing when you banged your knee. That looked like it hurt!
Great idea. If the fluid tracks along the saw blade and misses the drip tray, add some blade wipers, something like rubber or maybe a small brush the blade runs through.
I have a modification that I made to my vise on the moveable jaw . I added two things. Instead the lock nut I put on an adjustable hand lever to hold the jaw down. Second I drilled and tapped a 1/4 -20 hole on the left side of the jaw and added a long thumb screw to balance out the jaw when your cutting short work. Both work great and I wish I had done it long before I did.
Your job looks pretty good so far.
Cardboard Aided Design, its a classic!
OMG!! You VOIDED the WARRANTY!!!
A good example of using what you have to solve a problem. I have to say that the sound of so much water running into buckets caused me to step out for a moment.. You have a very caring wife, mine would have laughed and gone to check the life insurance documents. Best wishes, Dean in Oxfordshire UK.
That is an awesome job it even looks like it could have come like that from the factory as well
Great cardboard cad work. 😎 Keep that template and I'll make fab drawings for you. Many HF owners will want your plans. Steve and Elizabeth, what a great team!
This should be a very popular mod, watching with great interest I think a lot of people here including myself will be copying the final design. Thanks for doing the prototype work Steve. 👍👍
Love your professional master class on CAD design. I am surprised you had time to finish the job with the huge investment of time!
same cad system I have. I think I would put a shelf in the tank for the pump to sit on so the chips that get in the tank have a place to settle out.
Don't take this wrong but it's nice to see that even a master dips his tungsten sometimes.
You also need that funny little rotating brush to remove the chips, like Abom's old band saw has. :-)
I love the videos. It would be really helpful if you had links in your description to the parts that you use. Keep 'em coming.
Great start on a a really nice upgrade project! You know, I thought I was the only one who gets tripped up on electrical cords like that. :)
Hi Steve The video just makes me realize I need a Saw. I’ll start with a Saw to Mr. P’s upgrades and then yours good day thank you for the video
Nice up grade Steve. I hate to beat a dead horse but, are we ever going to see the blue DoAll horizontal band saw you were restoring.
Who needs Cad design when you have Card design.
Hi Steve, After you run it you might find that you can trim that tray so you don't have to extend or modify the handle. It might require blade wipers to prevent coolant from getting that far out. Good fab job! Or should I say "Fabulous!"
Hi Steve
Your imagination on everything you do astounds me. I sure don't have the creativity you do. I was wondering if you might share your basic setup on your Harbor Freight saw sometime. What you did to make it cut straight?
Great idea Steve, this should be fitted as standard by the manufacturers.
Yes, I agree, Steve figured this out, for the manufacturers to add as an optional coolant system. Steve is an asset, to any shop.....🍁
@@leiferickson9666 From the manufacturer this is a loss, they do not get to sell you as many blades, as they last longer.
@@SeanBZA Ha, right, should have known better, more $ rules the world!!......🍁
Turned out just right
1. Put a pallet on the electric forklift forks. 2. Put the saw on the pallet. 3. Raise the forks up to a comfortable working height. 5. Adjust up or down as required for each operation.
I just replaced the base with a 2 draw filing Cabinet with wheels. Easy to uses a large baking tray to catch coolant.