Vegetable oil as a cutting oil for machining?

**C-Bag** · Jan 21, 2017, 10:14 AM

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.

**Ed ke6bnl** · Jan 23, 2017, 07:34 AM

Originally Posted by C-Bag

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.

I have a gallon of their thick Fluidfilm and will have to try it out, I got it for rust protection and was ok not spectacular.