[Spridgets] Stainless Steel - magnetic or not

[HealeyRick]

Boy, I wish I knew this Dawn trick when I was using a jigsaw and regular
drill bits and a hole saw to cut out my engine-turned firewall on my Nasty
Boy BJ7:
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On Sun, Mar 15, 2026 at 3:33 PM Rick Fisk via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Interesting video.  My stainless steel refridgertor must be enclosed in
> ferritic stainless because the door is covered with magnets.  When I was
> still working I frequently had to drill and tap holes in stainless steel.
> Stainless just laughs at normal cutting oil and many dull and broken drill
> bits resulted.  Then I discovered something that works amazingly well -
> Dawn brand liquid dish detergent works beautifully as a cutting oil for
> stainless steel.
>
> On Mar 15, 2026, at 2:28 PM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets <
> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> 
> Hi list - for anyone interested, I know I was.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHJmQdvnfPE&t=354s
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