Renaissance wax for tool tip applications...

[JJ Roberts]

I've found Hoppe's No.9 gun solvent to be a good lube for engraving hard guns metal and when drilling & tapping for scope mounting I fonund Hoppe's worked wonders when tapping,I never broke any taps.J.J.

 

[graniteguy52]

"I found Hoppe's worked wonders when tapping,I never broke any taps.J.J. "

Maybe it's just the skill of the operator J.J. - not the lube that's used!

Gordon Alcorn

 

[JJ Roberts]

Gordon,The operator and the lube work well together I found the information about Hoppe's No.9 for tapping in a book on gunsmithing by P.O.Ackley,just some good advice from an old time gunsmith. J.J.

 

[Gemsetterchris]

Gordon,The operator and the lube work well together

I was hoping the magic lube would work well enough alone for me to go off fishing.

 

[Mike Fennell]

I fear that if I tried the Hans Rohner method I would now be speaking with forked tongue. Ouch.

 

[Ed Westerly]

I've never liked lube , but I only tried it at the very beginning of my engraving career, so maybe I just didn't know enough to give it a good test :thinking:. In any case I found that it removed the feel I had for how deeply I was cutting, and the first thing I knew the graver tip would shoot out of the cut to go skidding across areas better left uncut . Of course since that time I have also learned not to push the graver, and let the machine cut with my guidance :clapping:, but I don't miss the lube in any case. If the metal is hard to cut, I just bite down on my tongue a bit harder! :biggrin:

 

[scott99]

HI, I always keep a small (3/4 inch)brass cup stuffed with cotton on the bench, add a few drops of Tap Magic and dip the tip of the tool in when you need it. Just make the cotton barely damp.

scott99