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That veteran operator told me to skip the coolant mister...

Old guy named Carl at the shop in Detroit kept saying I didn't need a mist system for aluminum, just flood coolant and sharp tooling. I spent $300 on a fancy mister kit anyway and it made a sticky mess all over my enclosure. After 2 months I ditched it and went back to his way, parts come out way cleaner now. Anyone else find misters are more trouble than they're worth on 6061?
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sagesingh
sagesingh24d ago
Ditched mine too, Carl was right." Man, I felt that. I dropped a hundred bucks on mine and spent more time scraping sticky gunk off my table than actually cutting parts. Guess some lessons just come with a receipt.
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spencer199
spencer19924d ago
Ditched mine too, Carl was right.
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