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Re: Excalibur 5000 advice

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Are you using a drop of glass cutting fluid on the wheel before you cut?
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Re: Excalibur 5000 advice

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My building is at least 400 years old and can get quite cold certain times of the year. My glass rack can hold about 35 to 40 sheets of glass and these sheets represent quite a thernal mass which takes a long time to warm up and I have found from experience that glass does not cut as well at low temperatures. There is no heating system whatsoever in my shop, so I have an electric radiator and fan heater next to each other . At first the fan heater provides a bit of quick heating, but when the electric radiator starts to heat up the heat it produces turns off the thermostat in the fan heater.

The electric radiator warms up slower, but uses a lot less electricily.
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Re: Excalibur 5000 advice

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Hi Justin,

No, I don't usually need to use cutting fluid. If it something more difficult, I have a spray tin of lubricant which I used to use when I had a Keencut system and the long spray nozzle was good for getting in to restricted spaces. I now have a Fletcher Terry 3100 and that cuts glass much better than the system 4000.
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I am using cutting fluid, and all is good now. Just cut a load of sheets down to size with no problems at all, and the cleanest edges I have ever produced!!
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Like a true professional now! Well done!
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"No, I don't usually need to use cutting fluid..."
Mark, for God's sake take a breath man! That question was obviously directed at the poster of the thread.
Put your coffee down and take a chill pill, it's not all about you!! :roll:
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The gallery workshop in which I was trained never lubricated the cutting wheel and I've just been working as I was trained. I has not caused me any problems thus far!
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Re: Excalibur 5000 advice

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Mark, I think you'll find that everything is better with a bit of lube...
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