Scott,
We buy some kind of transformer oil to use with our saws. It is
relatively cheap and has no dioxin. Becky Lange is in charge of our thin
section lab and can find out what we use.
Eric
>To those in the eastern half of the United States,
>
>Our Department here at the University of Maine is putting together new rock
>preparation facilities. I found a great supplier of equipment called Diamond
>Pacific, but they are located in California and so shipping costs to Maine
>are going to be large. I have failed to find a serious supplier of rock
>saws, coolants, laps, etc in the eastern USA. Does anyone out there know of
>such a supplier?
>
>Something we will want to periodically replace is our saw coolant. Diamond
>Pacific sells a product called "Rock-Oil", which is a food-grade mineral oil
>that is non-toxic, non-hazerdous and non-flamable under "normal" conditions.
>Shipping 55 gallon drums of this stuff out of California is expensive, and
>so I wonder if anyone back east knows of a coolant supplier? What do you use
>in your big saws?
>
>Please respond directly to me.
>
>Thank you for your help.
>
>Scott
>
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>University of Maine
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