Cleaning clogged cutting tools.

[WmRMeyers]

All I can tell you about the Moon landing is that I met Major General Michael Collins when he was commander of the USAF Reserves, late in 1977 or early in 1978. He did not strike me as the sort of person who would go along with a hoax like that. And as for me, I believe he was there in orbit while Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin were on the ground on the Moon.

[Jon]

Congratulations tonyfoale - your tip for cleaning clogged cutting tools is the Tool Tip of the Month for March 2024!

This simple technique makes a dirty job easy and effective.

Some more nice tool tips from March:

Finding a Circle Center Without a Compass by mklotz
Wavy Wood Bandsaw Technique by Make Things
Machining a Square on the End of a Long Rod by Mook
Table Saw Correction by Make Things
AC Servo Setup by GBWM
Plastic Repair by Kovanca Polock

tonyfoale - we've added your Tool Tip to our All Tool Tips of the Month winners post.

And, you'll be receiving a $100 cash prize, in your choice of Amazon, PayPal, or bitcoin. Please PM me your current email address and prize choice and I'll get it sent over right away.

Congrats again

[davesrepair]

Wow, those stats are amazing. "Religious" is a very different category than "King James Bible Believer", apparently. In Isaiah 40:22 the KJB has supported a spherical earth for over 400 years, and the manuscripts from which it derived did long before that (the word "circle" there refers to an orb, or ball).
And the Lord Jesus Christ Himself (who created the universe, including the earth, and probably would know ;-) ) said when He walked the earth, that it will be both night and day on the earth at the same time when He returns at His second Advent in Luke 17:31 & 34. That was said over 1,000 years before Columbus was born, and couldn't happen if the earth were flat.
I don't understand "religious people"; God has hated religion since those first days of the "fig leaf cult" in Eden ;-), and still does.

[Toolguy]

As for the original post - I have found that Tap Magic for Aluminum will keep the situation from happening in the first place better than anything else. Regular Tap Magic is a different animal. Other uses include using it for any non ferrous metal, including copper, and one of the best penetrating fluids around.

Rather than squirting it at the part from the bottle, I put a little at a time in a plastic rattle can lid and brush it on with an acid brush. You only need a little bit right at the tool & part interface, not over the entire project. This makes it go 95% further than dowsing everything and keeps the mess to a minimum.