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Bob Engelhardt Bob Engelhardt is offline
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Default Cutting oil on lathe bits

On 11/29/2016 3:11 PM, Cydrome Leader wrote:
Whoever made that quite seems to think oil is like a thin layer of paint
and can't flow at all or something like that. It's a pretty easy test to
do too. Cut something that was oiled. Is the cutter oily? Ok, done.


Good point. I did that, being careful to not get oil on the tool before
starting. And the tool stayed clean! Only makes me more confused.

Bob