On Wednesday 08 July 2009, Dave Engvall wrote: >On Jul 8, 2009, at 1:40 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Tuesday 07 July 2009, Peter Cauchy wrote: >>> Thanks for the replies, >>> >>> Part of the issue is I do not have the mill completely square, and it >>> was cutting without stuttering, but I was tightening the >>> tolerances and >>> started losing steps due to friction. >> >> That is often something that can be helped with the right lube, and >> its been >> recommended to use a Mobil product called Vectron (IIRC) for that. >> Unforch it >> only comes in 5 gallon pails, which would be several of my >> remaining lifetimes >> worth, so I have not obtained any of it, yet. > >Vactra No. 2 which is the right grade for small to medium machine >tools is available >from MSC in one gal containers. # 60002151 for about $20. >Indeed a gallon will last a long time. I just finished my first 5 gal >pail and that took >10 years or so. > >HTH > >Dave ><snip> > Thanks for the name correction Dave, and a src of smaller amounts at MSC. My local Mobil wholesaler wanted over $85 for a 5 gallon pail, and would have had to order it with a 2-3 week delay. I probably don't have 10 years left, already 74, diabetic & right now killing time while the last 1/4" of my ring finger grows back after trimming the fingernail with my jointer. (That is an ouch for sure) The heal is slow because of the diabetes, in 9 days it is finally undressing w/o a bloody dressing.
I wouldn't be using it in a production environment anyway, but a gallon I can well afford. I didn't expect a 10 dollar shipping rip off though. That brings it up to about $36. Reminds me of ebay. But its ordered... :) -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> It is better to kiss an avocado than to get in a fight with an aardvark. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
