Parting on the Lathe

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Ridgid dark cutting oil for pipe threading is a good product, relatively cheap by the gallon and should be available at Home Depot.
On a side note there was a garage closing here a couple of years ago, went to look at a press ended up with a really old 5 gallon pail of dark cutting oil, went to use some yesterday, not sure if I bought cutting oil or old engine oil, its black and does;t really smell like cutting oil.