[TheForge] Fw: Fwd: cutting off copper ferrules?

[robert hensarling]

Larry, get the best of both worlds, "Buttermilk"!!  :o)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Brown" <lp.brown at verizon.net>
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Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Fw: Fwd: cutting off copper ferrules?



Wonder how butter would work?
Never thought about having a lathe throw milk at me..
L Brown

At 09:30 AM 8/15/2009 -0400, you wrote:
>Good info Michael,
>
>I have to try the whole milk thing.  I have never used milk as a machining
>lub.
>
>For aluminum good old fashion lard works very well.  Fact is that it is
>still used in commercial wire and tube drawing applications  for aluminum.
>It still goes rancid -- stinks like hell and then you have dump the
coolant.
>For machining just keep your lard in the refrigerator.
>
>Dave Smucker
>
>--------------------------------------------------
>From: "Michael Horgan" <lughaid at earthlink.net>
>Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 10:06 PM
>To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Fwd: cutting off copper ferrules?
>
> > Coming in late to this, but I was on vacation,
> > camping. Looks like you've got your ferrules cut
> > off now, but for copper if you use whole milk as
> > a cutting fluid, it  doesn't gall up on the
> > cutter.  As others said a slight back rake on the
> > cutting edge keeps it from grabbing.
> >
> > At 01:22 PM 8/12/2009, you wrote:
> >>End of story: I used a hacksaw blade mounted
> >>upside down in the milling attachment to saw the
> >>tubing.  I used the cross-feed to draw the blade
> >>slowly back as the teeth fouled with copper.  I
> >>then manually cleaned up the raw ends using
> >>files while spinning the ferrules in the
> >>lathe.  In all cases, I used a very low
> >>rotational speed.  Worked quite well. ----------
> >>Forwarded message ---------- From: Bruce Freeman
> >><freemab222 at gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jul 28, 2009
> >>at 5:02 PM Subject: cutting off copper ferrules?
> >>To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
> >><theforge at mailman.qth.net> I thought this was
> >>going to be a simple task, but maybe I didn't
> >>reckon with copper. I need to use 1/2" (nominal,
> >>actually about 5/8" OD) copper water tubing to
> >>make a bunch of ferrules. Â For reasons I won't
> >>go into, no other material will do, I'm stuck
> >>with copper tubing. Â I tried chucking a piece
> >>in the lathe and parting it off, but no go. Â
> >>I'm not sure what was wrong, but I could not get
> >>any sort of clean cut. Since then I've been
> >>using a power hacksaw and LOTS of clean-up work
> >>with files. Â I'd like to find something better.
> >>I'd love to use a roller cutter, but I can't
> >>tolerate the ID reduction those things give. Â
> >>Otherwise, this is not precision work. Â All I'm
> >>doing is making some ferrules. Any idea? Â (A
> >>solution involving the lathe is not essential.)
> >>-- Bruce NJ The total lack of evidence is the
> >>surest sign that the conspiracy is working. --
> >>Bruce NJ The total lack of evidence is the
> >>surest sign that the conspiracy is working.
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