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An interesting lot of posts on this topic on the Australian Metalworking Forum, a nice friendly forum too which I can recommend to all members here. Here is a linkhttps://metalworkforums.com/f65/t201883-mist-coolant-systems?highlight=coolant+mister

Well done Joko-nz, I agree that a die cast aluminium box would be a good idea. Those plastic jiffy boxes are not really up to rugged workshop conditions as you have found. If just drilling a hole breaks a chunk out, imagine what a falling piece of steel, like a hammer would do, or even the...

Hi Chuck, So sorry to hear of your situation. Like you I don't visit this forum very often, but when I have, your contributions have stood out with their interesting and informed content, all delivered in a most courteous style. I and many others I am sure will greatly miss your posts. I am not...

I have no experience in running boilers, but I have de-rusted old files with vinegar with great success. Even vinegar does remove metal on files though, and has the effect of sharpening an otherwise dull file, making it usable again. Muriatic acid, otherwise known as Hydrochloric acid will also...

Please, please, don't ever put water or an aqueous solution into molten aluminium. Many years ago I worked for Comalco and they had pictures of the results of just half a cup of water being inserted into the melt of a furnace. It showed an estimated 10 tons of aluminium around the front of the...

One way which will succeed is to use a hot sodium hydroxide (Caustic soda and lye are other names) solution. Your crankcase will go into solution, and the tap will be lying in the bottom of the container. As an added bonus there will be copious amounts of hydrogen released as well;D. The new one...

G'Day All, thanks for the welcoming comments and the input you have all provided, — apologies for not getting back sooner, but I have had some other duties to attend to here. I too have now got pictures when I changed browsers from Firefox to Safari on my iMac. My Mac OS is 10.6.8 and I...

G'Day All, I have just come across your site from the "Homemade Tools" website, and as it looks likely to be full of interest to me, I have signed up. I have a question though, and my apologies if this is not the correct place to ask, (and Moderators please feel free to relocate this query if...