Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Way Oil? Mobil Vactra #2

What'd be wrong with some good ole water soluble oil? 1 gallon made enough
coolant for my 3hp K&T vertical mill and my 13x40 Harrsion lathe! It
doesn't stink, nothing it's touched gets surface rust from this Southwest
Georgia humidity anymore, and it's pretty cheap! I've got a gallon of
synthetic coolant concentrate that is sitting on the shelf - I'll swap it
with someone for another gallon of soluble oil!

The way lube, I agree, is pretty nasty smelling. The longer it sits out, the
more is smells. It'd make great cutting oil, I'm sure, but I couldn't handle
the smell or the mess....

Take care,

Matt King

-----Original Message-----
From: Rich D. <cmsteam@...>
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Way Oil? Mobil Vactra #2

>Tim,
>Doug,
>I use both on the same machine. Vactra does have an odor but, not nearly
>as strong as the gear dope.
>That's interesting about the coolant/cutting lube. I'll try it on a small

scale.

>Trouble is tho, the machines they talk of use an entirely different cutting
>technology. High HP, negative rake, high speed removal, etc.
>RichD
>
>Tim Goldstein wrote:
>>
>> Be prepared to acquire an affinity for a rather unique scent. The closest

I

>> can equate it to in odor is hypoid oil for a car rear end.
>>
>> Tim
>> [Denver, CO]
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > I am going to try Mobil's Vactra #2 way lube
>> > in my Southbend 10L (as a flood coolant), because not
>> > only is it a way lube, but it is recommended by Mobil
>> > and apparently endorsed by several machine companys:
>> > - Cincinnati Milacron (P Series Specifications)
>> > - Okuma
>> > - SKC Gleittechnik GmbH
>> > - Burhard & Weber
>> > - Fadal Engineering Co. / Giddings & Lewis
>> > - Hardinge (Groove Print Stain Test)
>> > - Bijur Oil Filtration (PT 37-1)
>> > - Deckel Maho
>> >
>> > to also be used as a flood coolant/cutting lubricant
>> > in larger machine tools!
>> >
>> > That way I can get coolant everywhere, and not worry
>> > about stagnant areas rusting (as with some synthetic
>> > water-based coolants).
>> >
>> > Doug Fortune
>> > http://www.cncKITS.com
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