Some of the best finishes I have seem and produced were with a small brush and Crisco.
I'm with you bobs409, that smoke is not good for the old lungs. I keep the garage door open when doing any kind of machining. Also have a small fan moving the air across the work.
I also read about lard. My new wonder lube is Fluidfilm. Got turned on to it by a guy who did machine reconditioning most of his life. It's lanolin based and non toxic. Not tried for machining yet but everything else I've tried it on has been amazing.
Well after trying the vegetable oil for a few days, I'm done. lol It does have a smell that I didn't notice the first day. I watched a video the other day and the guy was using bees wax but he was machining stainless steel. Wonder how that would work with regular steel? Might try the Crisco yet too.
This is from Home Depot just under 1 liter for $9.00
32 oz. Dark Cutting Oil-30204 - The Home Depot
Dave
I have never used any of the animal fats or vegetable oils for coolant and lubrication in machining, mainly because for the past 35 to 45 years I have always kept Chevron soluble oil B or another brand on hand But mostly the Chevron product. The mix ratios can vary from 15 to 1 to 50 to 1 depending on application. When I had several machines running more or less constantly I bought it by the 55 gal drum Now I only keep a 5 gal pail on hand I've had the same pail for over 3 years, @ $70.00 to 80.00 per pail it is the cheapest solvent or lube I've found Since currently none of my machines have flood or spray units working on them I just mix up a 2 ltr. drink bottle with a small hole in the cap
Never try to tell me it can't be done
When I have to paint I use KBS products
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