Hello,
I am currently using somewhat expensive tapping/ machining fluids for not just tapping but for drilling and some milling. I noticed that the bandsaw section has a one gallon jugs of cheap oil/ coolant. This thing is about half the price of the cheapest tapping fluid. It can be diluted with water 6:1 or even 100:1.
Is this stuff good for general metal work? I found the tapping fluids not sticky enough for say lathe work - the seem fine for tapping which is mostly hand based or slow or drilling or milling but lathe work is somewhat high speed and the fluid is simply removed from the part by the motion of the machine.
I am thinking of taking a simple pump from tile saw and one day building flood coolant system one day - but what about mean time.
Tom
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