I have a can of "Tap Magic Aluminum" that works better than anything 
else I have used.
Pretty common.  I think that even Amazon sells the stuff.  Google it and 
pick your source.  Even Walmart has it on their website! Crazy.

Dave



On 11/3/2013 6:47 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
> Gene Heskett wrote:
>> What do you use for cutting oil in alu?
> I got this stuff about 20 years ago, called "alum-tap".  It is amazing,
> I have compared hand-tapping with oil and the alum-tap, the effort
> is about half with the alum-tap.  It is probably almost 100 % high-pressure
> lube.  It is a pale blue liquid, so probably very little traditional oil
> in there.  You won't find this stuff at Ace Hardware, either.
> But, the machine tool suppliers may still have the same stuff, or
> something made for tapping aluminum.
>
> Jon
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