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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: skipskip on January 05, 2025, 11:48:40 AM

Title: old school lube
Post by: skipskip on January 05, 2025, 11:48:40 AM

Picture of a box  from a pipe die dated about 1900

No synthetics here!!

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54248375866_9a878528a6.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2qDK7ah)jan064 (https://flic.kr/p/2qDK7ah) by Skip Albright (https://www.flickr.com/photos/skipskip/), on Flickr

Title: Re: old school lube
Post by: JoeCB on January 18, 2025, 11:33:12 PM

In all the old machining guides, lard oil was the go to stuff. I have heard guys recommend bacon grease... might smell pretty good besides..
Joe B

Title: Re: old school lube
Post by: skipskip on January 19, 2025, 07:42:56 AM

Thanks Joe

I thought bear fat on wagon wheels was a movie trope

maybe not

Title: Re: old school lube
Post by: Bill Houghton on January 19, 2025, 03:59:30 PM

Quote from: skipskip on January 19, 2025, 07:42:56 AM

...bear fat on wagon wheels...

Probably easier to find bears than pigs as you migrated West.