Hi,
Yes it will work fine on almost all ferrous metals, and even do a fair job of it on light metals. Soluble oils are meant to be used as flood only. They tend to not mist well and can even make you ill if you inhale enough of the mist.
Generally speaking, 6:1 is the common mixing rate for many brands of soluble coolant oils for common machining. The problem with many coolants in the home shop is rancidity in the sumps of flood coolant systems. Anaerobic biologics will grow in them very nicely - and give off nasty odors in the process. They do this because in the home shop the machines aren't run every day and skimmers aren't commonly used.
Small micro misters are often a better choice for the home shop.
Dale
On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 11:15 AM, 'Tom Kitta' tom@tomkitta.com [GrizHFMinimill] <GrizHFMinimill@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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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Posted by: Dale E <dalee1002000@gmail.com>
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