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Homebrew cutting oil
- Thread starter riversidedan
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We had some ridgid SS cutting oil in the shop for a bit and they went and changed the formula.
Granted that stuff made your hands reek of sulphur, but it was incredible for certain things.
We had a guy who was a real DH for a group leader and he did one job claiming no one else could do it, took him days to turn out a batch of 12pcs.
These were long hollow SS tubes with internal threads and external threads on the same end. Push things too hard and the whole end would snap off.
I got stuck with this when he had to leave 2hrs early. I went and asked our tool crib guy what we had for cutting oil and he gave me this stuff in a blue bottle.
That stuff made the SS tubing cry for mercy and I threaded all 12 tubes in under an hour.
Next day when Dh showed up he was floored and claimed I must have stayed over to get these done.
Everyone hated this guy so much no one ever told him what was up and this task then became my job and he was left to do actual work.
He hated me until he retired but everyone else thought this was hilarious.