Water drip system

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Peter Angel
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Water drip system

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I need a system that drips water onto a surface for cold working...the type of thing that comes standard with expensive cold working equipment.

I have been using a suspended bucket with a small hole in the bottom filled with water that slowly drip due to gravity. This works but i want to buy something less primitive :D

What's the correct term for this type of system?

Pete
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I use loc-lines, plugged into a garden hose or an inside water supply: https://youtu.be/lJjlqjK7HOE

HIS Glassworks carries them here, not sure who might have them in your area.
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Buttercup
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Post by Buttercup »

Pete, if you can't find loc-line look in the gardening supplies section of a hardware store or a hydroponics supplier. They will have flexible irrigation tubing. You can get little on/off valves too. Locline works well. I just rigged something up from what we and a neighbour had handy.

http://www.accenthydroponics.com/index. ... ory_id=144

I have a 3 litre milk container on a shelf above the wet belt sander with an on/off valve at the bottom of the container where the flexible line is connected. It gravity feeds onto the belt. Jen
smallbitz
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Re: Water drip system

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I use the Loc-lines as well. They are super! Attached to a garden hose as Cynthia said, and then I just attach to my saw (grinder, etc.) with zip ties.
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I use small water supply pumps that are made for tile saws with a small inline valve for my water supplies. You can get the small pumps at Home Depot (around $20). One advantage is that you can use the pump to pump water out of a five gallon bucket instead of running a garden hose as your water source.
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Re: Water drip system

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belgium water feed for center feeding disc from belowhttp://covington-engineering.com/suppli ... ium-style/
Peter Angel
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Re: Water drip system

Post by Peter Angel »

Dear all. Thank you for the info. I have found lots of local sources of loc-line modular hose system. Pete
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