mineral oil for drilling and tapping
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I've been on this kick of using up stuff ive had around forever. The latest victim is a bottle of mineral oil i purchased to stain soapstone. This is the stuff you buy at the pharmacy.

The only real use i could come up with was as stated drilling and tapping. i only tried it for a for a .156 bit and 10-24 tap about a 3/4" deep hole. i compared napas house brand, castrol moly d and re-li-on.

as far as drilling went the only differences i noticed was that the mineral oil was about 1/4 the cost of the others and no chlorine smell.

tapping was different. breaking the chips was a little spooky with mineral oil and 4 flute tap but then again that i think is a little due to the design but it was very different than with the specific oils. with two and three flute taps i didnt notice much difference.
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Any oil is better than no oil, I have used WD 40 before and it seems to work too.
Paul
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Cut that mineral oil wit about 40% turpentine and you will be amazedat how well it works. tom
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works at what tom? tapping? i thought i had me a bit or turpentine around here somewhere but i have yet to locate it. dang, i can't imagine it smelling much good either though.
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