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| Fergus OMore:
Nick, "Wo**' that's Four Letter word! Do you recall me quipping about a turning attachment but mine held a diamond- well, this is for shaping the grinding wheels to do the gullets on taps. If you have a dead steady hand you might re-sharpen the leads on your tap with an angle grinder. It only requires a touch on the cutting edge at the beginning. Lard oil, well, that's what they use to make these fancy tapping compounds. Whoever thought that that it can be used for baking? N |
| MadNick:
@Fergus, "There is nothing new under the sun". Where do you get your lard oil from or is it possible to make some up at home? Nick |
| Fergus OMore:
Lard oil is actually what the great engineers of the past used for cutting oils mixed with washing soda and water. I bought mine from one of the one of the oil suppliers who got me a 5 litre container- not a gallon- What next? However, there is no reason why you shouldn't use ordinary lard or even the remains of the bacon and eggs left over in the pan. I fiddled and faffed with all sorts of fancy lotions with wonderful names and addresses and went back to lard. In all seriousness, it is great stuff for the home lathe guy. I have mine in a dirty jam jar, a cheap paint brush and a collection of swarf, dead bees and wasps that have commited suicide over the course of the last 10 years. It congeals and softens with the heat and all sorts of exotic smells and it leaves a lovely finish both on my hands and the work. Quietly think, this was the stuff that was probably used on your old lathe- and mine too. Mix it with a bit of perfume, water and witch hazel and flog it as Pond's Vanishing Face Cream. |
| MadNick:
Fergus, Ill give it a spin, let you know what I think :) Nick |
| Scuba1:
I don't do ferrous metals by default and my lathe has not seen anything other then stainless, brass and ally. For cutting threads in SS i use a few drops of slideway oil and a " want to do attitude" ..That is constant prerssure without backing off. I do cut a lot of threads on in Stainless at home and at work and this method works fine for me ....... a lot of my taps and dyes are over a year old and have cut hundreds of threads without so much as a touch up with a honing tone. ATB Michael |
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