 Re: wet saw care
I am a big fan of the pump in a 5 gal bucket of clean water. The pump lasts longer, and you get better water flow with fresh water. I'm also in the habit of placing a different 5 gal bucket under the drain hole this lets the water and silt flow right into the bucket. If you prop it up on say a block you don't have much if any splashing. It is Sooooo much easier to throw away or rinse out that bucket than the tray after a days cutting.
I usually spray the whole thing down with a good strong spray and then hit the motor (while running) the fins tend to get over spray on them and this is what usually is the reason for failure on most electric tile saws. Motor gets gunked up (industry term).
The water changing is entirely up to how the cutting is going. If you feel like its effecting the performance of the saw (not enough flow) then by all means change it. as I have said before those pumps that come with the HF saw are really not saw pumps there pond pumps and while they do give a good flow of water they are not made to take the silt produces while using the saw, hence the 5gal bucket usage.  |