Post by 1dave on Aug 22, 2020 14:39:08 GMT -7
Jan 22, 2008 18:24:37 GMT -7 @catmandewe said:
I was talking on the phone with Harley the other night and I was saying that it was time to clean the saw and how it is too cold to go out and muck around in it to get it clean. Well Harley told me how to make a slab saw sucker using a shop vac and a 5 gallon bucket. I made one today and I was so impressed with the way that it worked that I promptly went out and took some pics so I could share this GREAT IDEA with all of you. First off, THANKS HARLEY!!!
I cleaned my saw in less than half an hour today, and I didnt need to take a shower when I was done. It took me a couple of hours to make the slab saw sucker, and that included running up town for the few parts that it took to make it, putting it all together. I was going to wait until the silicone cured, but my impatience got the better of me and I had to run out and try it right after I got it together. No more big messes, WOOOHOOOOO!!!
Ok first off I went to the hardware store and got;
2 1" galvanized pipe anchors. The kind with 4 holes for screws and a threaded center to take a piece of 1" galvanized pipe.
1 6" nipple of 1" glavanized pipe
1 45 degree elbow 1" glavanized
1 1" galvanized pipe to plastic pipe connector (has the little ribs to hold onto plastic pipe, mostly used for sprinkler pipe)
4 1/4" x 1" bolts with nut and washer
5 feet of 1" Inner diameter or 1 1/4 outer diameter clear plastic tubing
3 feet of 1" metal conduit
2 hose clamps 1 1/2"
I went home and got an empty 5 gallon mineral oil bucket and drilled a hole where the vent hole is (1 1/2" big), using the vent hole as one of the 4 bolt holes, then I drilled the other 3 bolt holes (1/4"), using the galvanized anchor as a pattern. Then I took the lid off of the bucket.
I then screwed the galv pipe to plastic pipe connector to one of the anchors, and the 6" nipple with the 45 degree elbow to the other connector. I then put silicone around the mating edges, and put the 6" nipple on the inside of the bucket (with the elbow pointed away from the suction port) and the pipe connector side on the outside of the bucket. I used the 4 bolts to tighten the 2 halves together tight.
I took the piece of 3' conduit and put it in a vise, heated it up and made a bend in it of about 135 degrees, this was to be able to get in under the blade and the clamp assembly. I then heated up one end of the conduit and flattened it somewhat to keep any big pieces of rock that may clog the inside from being able to enter the end.
I then hooked the conduit to the 5' hose, and the other end of the hose to the connector on the top of the bucket, securing both ends with hose clamps.
The other hole in the bucket that has the factory pour spout, I pushed the pour spout inside the bucket, so it makes a kind of a funnel. Then I pushed a shopvac hose inside of this funnel, and hooked the other end to the vacuum.
The set up is now ready to rumble. Pics below.
The bend in the conduit to get in under everything, I may have made it a little too long, but I have not decided yet.
Shop vac hose on the left, sucker hose on the right
a little closer view
The power plant
Getting down to the bottom of the sludge, it did actually suck all of this thick stuff out.
A look inside the bucket
A closer look
My filtering system, the 5 gallon bucket has holes drilled in it with a grocery sack liner, in a few days the garbage can will be full of clean oil which I will then pour back into a 5 gallon bucket.
After I was done I put the sucker end of the contraption inside the bucket to let it drain the hose out.
And adding fresh oil, ready to saw again, about 30 minutes from when I started cleaning.
This thing works awesome, and cost me about 25 bucks to make.
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