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I came upon a store of this material and it sounds interesting. Has anyone here used it or heard of it too?

Here is a place that sells it:

http://pilotshq.com/product_info.php?pr ... AqAv8P8HAQ

I'm thinking maybe I'll just get a tube to try and get to see it up close and personal.

Ed

Ah what the heck I went ahead and ordered some.

I don't like using oil for drilling when using the shopsmith, of course sometimes I have to but it is not something I like doing. This might be the answer. I have some metal to drill so I'm going to wait for the lube to come and give it a try. Should have it in about a week they said.

Ed

I use something similar by Panef. Works great for tapping and dies, but so so for drlling. Guessing the speed of the drilling and subsequent higher temp causes the poorer result. It maybe okay when drilling thinner metal, but haven't tried that.

Be well,
Ben

I worked at Boeing so yes I have used a lot of it when drilling. It kept the drill bit/reamer cool and got cleaner and tighter holes for the fasteners.It is a little messing, the hot bit melts it and slings it all over the place, we used keytone to clean it up.

In a Family Handyman of recent memory, a guy who works for Lockheed Martin says they use it all the time when drilling metals to keep things cooler and their bits sharper longer. He also used it in his home shop, as well. Considering Boeing is a competitor, I'd think that LM using it in their shops would be a testament to its viability.

reubenjames wrote:In a Family Handyman of recent memory, a guy who works for Lockheed Martin says they use it all the time when drilling metals to keep things cooler and their bits sharper longer. He also used it in his home shop, as well. Considering Boeing is a competitor, I'd think that LM using it in their shops would be a testament to its viability.

We do.

So it arrived today. I ordered it on the 13th and it arrived on the 16th. I went ahead and got two 1.6oz tubes. They were $3.59 each and the postage added another $3.83 for a grand total of $11.01.

I was just out getting some metal tubing yesterday so after I get that cut to length I will try some of this out when I do the drilling. That might be in a couple of days so when I have something more to report I'll let you know.

Ed

OK, yet ANOTHER testimonial, from a competing (well,
back then) company, about a different product.

When I was working for the world's largest hamburger
manufacturing company (not really) MIckey-D, McDonnell
Douglas, we used this to coat sealed-up areas, from
corrosion. (Between the outer wall and inner wall of
fuselage panels, and MANY more.)

Yes, another Boeing product.

http://boeshield.com/about/

What can I say, their products WORK!

I've got to look at this lube product.

steve

Got to my drilling job today, 88 holes in thinner material. I drilled from the bottom side then a slight countersink on the front side to remove the burr mostly.

There were no directions so I dipped the bit in between hole and trying to get a minimum on. It is like a really really thick paste. As you start the hole it turns liquid and spreads. It doesn't seem to get too messy with the "puddle" if you will staying at the hole and then turning semi-solid again. It cleaned off OK and with less work then oil which seems to get everywhere.

So far so good and I think I like it for at least this application.

Ed