Awl --
My GR510 is so effing big, I couldn't fit their oem coolant tank, so I ordered a fiberglass one from Ronco (60 gal: 55 x 20 x 14), which fits MUCH better than the haas monster.
Now it's pump time. The Fadal has a nice 1/2 hp Graymills centrifugal, really blasts at over 30 psi, but I'm not going to need blasted (flood) type levels, cuz the haas has programmable coolant, so you get pretty well-aimed coolant for all tools -- nice option.
AND the nature of the haas is such that you don't want flood-type coolant (open gantry mill), and most of the ops are lite, mostly drilling, tapping, contouring of 1/8" and 1/4" alum. The Z is only 11", as gantries aren't famous for Z. My heaviest ops are going to be prepping the table with mebbe 1/2-13 drilling/tapping.
So the Q is: what hp do I really need? If the 1/2 hp graymill is any indication, proly 1/4 MAX.
And the next Q is: Would a HD/HF centrifugal sump-type pump do just as well? Or even Little Giant centrifugals?
Here's some graymills jobbies:
Here's HF:
In particular
The graymills is certainly better built, will last longer, and the $300 for their 1/4 hp won't kill me, but if a $50 HF will do, mebbe I can use it as a sump pump when I need it.... lol
Opinions? Idears?
Did I say "give head"??? That should have been "have heads", of course.....