lubrication for aluminum

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lubrication for aluminum

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I know I have seen this on a post before, but I cant find it.. so what do you use for lubrication when drilling aluminum?

thanks,
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mx201er wrote:I know I have seen this on a post before, but I cant find it.. so what do you use for lubrication when drilling aluminum?

thanks,
nick
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutting_fluid

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also very good is methylated spirit.
Advantage is taht there ar no oil leavings
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WD-40 or tap magic works fine.
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oil

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motor oil, 3 in 1, anything that says "cutting oil" on it all work.
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Sour cream,, honest it is god

But i would prefer alcohol like Tobi told
it evaporates leaving the workpiece clean ,of course you can not use it in big amounts, but for small works its number one
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thanks all.. I tried oil before i posted first and it would not cut at all, then i realized the bit wasnt sharpened quite right. I re ground the bit which helped, then I used alcahol as lubricant which worked great! thanks again
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This is all I use on aluminum, works wonders. On everything else, I use 10/30W.
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keroseen is one of the best fluids for cutting AL, I just use WD40 though.
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Ok, I am very new to running a lathe, I just got it a month ago.

I made some homemade cutting fluid recently. I kept reading about “lard oilâ€
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zach h wrote:keroseen is one of the best fluids for cutting AL, I just use WD40 though.
Kerosine does work very well.
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