Metalworking Tap Fluids and Lubricants - Basics of Taps and Tapping (Part 2) 

Barry, Outstanding information regarding Tap Oils. Your explanation really resonated with me. Thank You.

condensed milk is made of oil and other solid powders so yeah! nice tips - awesome video

This guy is GREAT!!! Awesome video!

thanks

I use LPS a whitish candle type stuff in a tube about the size of a caulking tube along with other stuff picked up during an auction. I have seen videos suggesting WD40, but have not tried it. Your thoughts on it would be appreciated. Lastly the Bees Wax is supposed to be good on grinding wheels (flap disks and ?) to help reduce clogging. I am in the process of testing that one. Thanks for the very informative videos on taps.

thanks man!

What would you recommend for tapping of 304 stainless steel?

Use Avocado oil it's a higher heat range than motor oils.

What lube is best for stainless steel

Sir I need solution for tapping copper

What about that expensive tap magic? Ever used it?

Thanks for the good video! I thought you'd said Jock Itch not Jokisch...

"I find that 10 weight oil works just a well - - - -" NOT TRUE. NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT TRUE Lubricating oils are worthless as cutting oils. They don't have the additives that make a cutting oil. Just to start off cutting oils and fluids have things in them just for cutting. Regular lubricating oils don't and that makes them about as useless as sand. Sulfur is the most elemental (no pun intended) additive for cutting steels. There are anti-wear additives, boundary lubricants, and extreme pressure additives such as Chlorinated Paraffin, Sulfatesm, metal deactivators, anti-mist or anti-foam additives. Try this. In a small lathe, the smallest you can find get a hunk of 3" prehard 4140 and trey to drill and bore a 2.750" bore in it with precision( work closer than 0.001") using the most desirable lubricating oil you can imagine. Then get some Oatey or Hercules cutting oil that dark stuff with lots of sulfur in it and get back to work on that steel. If you don't see the difference, well then you must be dead.

Wait for a beached whale and have yer cooker ready and cook down some whale lard. The die and beach themselves all the time. No need to let their life go to waste by letting them sit there and rot.Cut off a few big hunks and make use of her.