Cutting oils.

[scott.livesey]

which boelube? amazon carries about 6 or 7 different boelube machining lube.
for drilling, i keep drill bits sharp, speed low, and go gentle on the feed. for drilling you need cool, so most any oil will work. I have used ice water in a pinch. cobalt HS steel, M35 or M42 seems to make a difference also. gentle with the feed and something to cool them and they will 100s of holes.

 

[John Wilson]

the Boelube i picked up from amazon is a tube of dry white compound. I also saw there are multiple options but this is what I got and I love it.

I’m not drilling 50000 holes per day so this ought to last me a very long time.

 

[Guindesigns]

ok cool ill have to check these out.

 

[Smallshop]

Years ago I mixed lanolin with Moly-dee...for roll tapping. It worked good on everything(drilling reaming,etc. stuck well to the tools)...but stinks....which is why i quit using it.

 

[springer82]

It's been a long time since I heard of anybody using moly dee!!

 

[J. Doyle]

The Boelube I got is a pink, waxy dry compound. Not sure of the differences but the size tube John posted is what I have. It will last a LONG time.

 

[C Craft]

The Boelube I got is a pink, waxy dry compound. Not sure of the differences but the size tube John posted is what I have. It will last a LONG time.

I think I asked this one time before but what do you do just plunge the bit into it??

 

[Daniel Macina]

I think I asked this one time before but what do you do just plunge the bit into it??

That's what I read when I was looking into it earlier.

 

[John Wilson]

I think I asked this one time before but what do you do just plunge the bit into it??

Yep. treat it like a bar of soap. (if you grew up country like me, that’s what we did to drive screws and nails into old barn wood that was hard as concrete. Stab them into a bar of soap and then run them in)

 

[J. Doyle]

I think I asked this one time before but what do you do just plunge the bit into it??

You can do that or grab a dab and roll it on with your fingers.