What oil should I use when reaming bronze guides with carbide reamers?
/Andre'
oil when reaming bronze valve guides with carbide reamers
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Re: oil when reaming bronze valve guides with carbide reamers
A mineral based cutting oil will work fine. Products like "Tap Magic" will work as well if your only doing a few guides.
Stay away from any cutting oil that contains Sulfur or Clorine as they will turn, copper, brass or bronze alloys black.
Stay away from any cutting oil that contains Sulfur or Clorine as they will turn, copper, brass or bronze alloys black.
Re: oil when reaming bronze valve guides with carbide reamers
ok.
Any other recomendations or tips/tricks when reaming soft materials like bronze?
/Andre'
Any other recomendations or tips/tricks when reaming soft materials like bronze?
/Andre'
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Re: oil when reaming bronze valve guides with carbide reamers
don't push on it, let the tool do the work
Re: oil when reaming bronze valve guides with carbide reamers
Goodson has some specialty lube for bronze reaming ,altho their av&v guides are magenese bronze and there a tuff alloy,Its quite pricey if I recall ,but seems to work well. Most newer bronze guides are different alloys then the older softer bronze guides,but I know not to use your reamers on the bronze, if you formally used them on cast guides. Mike
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Re: oil when reaming bronze valve guides with carbide reamers
The Goodson oil smells like regular motor oil, is red like tranny fluid, and is priced like its made from gold. However since I have gone over 3000 bronze guides per AV&V reamer now I will leave well enough alone and keep using it myself. I have never seen another system cut guides so good and so fast.