Frosty schrieb:
On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:38:37 GMT in rec.crafts.jewelry Abrasha
, pulled fingers out of his butt and stuck 'em in
his mouth and said gsrmuumfmdmurmmscommwuummm: =20
Peter W.. Rowe, wrote:
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 18:47:45 -0800, in rec.crafts.jewelry Abrasha
wrote:

Frosty wrote:


Anyway it's an unbelievable substance that I put on my sawblades a=
nd
it helps me cut straighter and easier and I don't break sawblades
hardly at all (and I use 9/0 blades mostly.)
A total waste of money. Spit is the best lubricant. Just lick you=
r saw=20
blades. Never fails. I've been doing it for more than 30 years.
And after the first few years, either you learn to lick the blade in =
the
downward direction, or the cuts stop hurting so much in any case.

personally, I prefer bur life over spit, especially on drill bits. S=
eems less
messy. Not that it works better, though...
On drill bits, I use Wintergreen oil.
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I can't find genuine Wintergreen oil. Will synthetic do?
one "tongue-in-cheek" problem with spit, of course, is that it might =
cause a
blade to rust. =20
Rust has never been a problem, since the blades do not stay wet long=20
enough. Thew spit evaporates due to the heat developed through=20
friction. That's how fast I saw. And when I file, it gets so hot,=20
sparks fly!
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You must be sawing steel. ;-)
That might mean needing to change the blade more than once a
year or so, before the teeth are totally worn off.=20
Most of the time, my blades do indeed wear out and get dull, before th=
ey=20
break. It was very different when I was a beginner.
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For sawing gold/whitegold/platinum and silver I use spit or beewax wich i=
s=20
attached to my workbench, so it=C2=B4s easy to put the sawblade through i=
t, from=20
time to time.

With best regards,
Heinrich Butschal
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