chris73cb175
Been Around the Block
i was just wondering when honing the cylinders what kind of oil/lubricant do you guys use?
LUBRICANT
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tWistedWheelz
BUILT NOT BOUGHT!
KY 
Most any tooling oil should work fine, I am using lenox tooling oil for my machining right now, it was free, and I only do ghetto machining with a drill press for now. I want a good bridgeport though!
I whish I could offer you more, but I am just not a machinist.........yet!
Ask swagger or hannibal smith, they seem to be quite usefull on machining!
Most any tooling oil should work fine, I am using lenox tooling oil for my machining right now, it was free, and I only do ghetto machining with a drill press for now. I want a good bridgeport though!
I whish I could offer you more, but I am just not a machinist.........yet!
Ask swagger or hannibal smith, they seem to be quite usefull on machining!
midnightcafe
Been Around the Block
alumtap or whatever cutting oil for the lathes we have. haven't tried the honing machine yet though, is that what you're using?
crazypj
Split personality, I fake being smart
Do you mean honing or glaze busting used cylinders for new rings?
Honing using AMMCO, Sunnen, or similar?
proper honing oil is best but its expensive (about $130.00 for 5 gal last time I priced it)
I found the synthetic water based machine coolants don't work at all and cylinders get glazed.
WD40 isn't much good for honing, brake fulid works but is messy (and removes paint, messes up pumps, etc) plus, it's flammable.
A good flow of colant is pretty important, keeps cylinder washed out and also cools it
If your just glaze busting, pretty much any type of oil wil work (ATF, used engine oil, etc)
PJ
Honing using AMMCO, Sunnen, or similar?
proper honing oil is best but its expensive (about $130.00 for 5 gal last time I priced it)
I found the synthetic water based machine coolants don't work at all and cylinders get glazed.
WD40 isn't much good for honing, brake fulid works but is messy (and removes paint, messes up pumps, etc) plus, it's flammable.
A good flow of colant is pretty important, keeps cylinder washed out and also cools it
If your just glaze busting, pretty much any type of oil wil work (ATF, used engine oil, etc)
PJ
