[Land-speed] Cutting Oil

Bryan Savage b.a.savage at wildblue.net
Mon Oct 29 09:37:21 MST 2007


Dick,

The best stuff for FERRIS materials contains *chlorinated* paraffin
and sulfur.... smelly stuff - not cheap, but drills stay sharp.

Bryan



Dick J wrote:
> Santa just made an early visit and dropped of a nice new drill press and set of bits.  She also warned me that I'd "better treat this one right".
>    
>   Anybody got any old family secrets for cutting oil to use with a drill press?  I've always used whatever was available:   WD-40, 3-in-1, auto transmission fluid, power steering fluid, left-over motor oil, etc, and these are probably not the greatest and best choices.
>    
>   DickJ
>   In East Texas 
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