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Jim Wilkins Jim Wilkins is offline
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Default Dribble Cooling on a lathe

On Jun 26, 12:22*am, "Proctologically Violated©®"
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"Joseph Gwinn" wrote in message

Drops are OK, but a continuous true micro-stream would probably serve the
cause optimally.
Joe Gwinn


For parting I apply the cutting oil at the bottom of the groove with a
needle oiler bottle. It's inconvenient to do but gives good results
with a minimum of oil and no extra plumbing or air pollution. The rate
is perhaps a drop every 5 - 10 seconds and the chip carries almost all
of it away. I'm ambidextrous enough to hold the bottle in place with
one hand and feed evenly with the other, otherwise a grease gun needle
point on a hose might work.

jsw