suds pump for bands saw

[naughtyboy]

been sorting out draper horizontal/vertical bandsaw our lass as bought us for xmas.
first thing i want to do is build a sturdier stand and was looking at building suds/coolant pump into it.
whats best way to do it, and whats best pump ?

cheers

 

[rtbcomp]

I'd try a washing machine pump, get a broken washing machine off Freecycle.

 

[cumbriasteve]

I have the Clarke bandsaw and when I first got it I used some cutting lube dripped onto the cut and it caused me loads of problems, the blade slipping on the drive wheels etc.

I cut dry now and seems great, the blade lasts for ages, the drive wheels are cast steel and seem to take the heat out of the blade by time it gets back round, although in fairness I only cut 25 mm box and round bar to 12mm so not a lot of surface area to heat the blade I suppose.

I was going to source an aquarium pump for my coolant plans or a windscreen washer pump run off a small transformer.