Coolant Pump

I have just acquired an old mains operated shower pump - would it be any good as a coolant pump for a lathe? Does coolant attack plastics/rubber pump bearings etc?

Steve

---------------------------------------------------------- Steve Randall G8KHW snipped-for-privacy@btinternet.com UKRA #1072 Level 2

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In article , steve randall writes

Yikes!

Swarf will.

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Paul C. Dickie

My workshop is in a cellar that is below drain level; I have used a shower pump to pump the waste water from my workshop sink up to the drain. The pump body is plastic; it has survived all that I have thrown at it for several years now (including paintbrush cleaner, swarf, etc.) with no apparent sign of any problems.

Regards, Tony

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Tony Jeffree

Thanks Tony - since the pump was effectively free I have nothing to loose - so I'll give it a go.

Steve

---------------------------------------------------------- Steve Randall G8KHW snipped-for-privacy@btinternet.com UKRA #1072 Level 2

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