old school lube

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Picture of a box  from a pipe die dated about 1900

No synthetics here!!

jan064 by Skip Albright, on Flickr

[JoeCB]

In all the old machining guides, lard oil was the go to stuff. I have heard guys recommend bacon grease... might smell pretty good besides..
Joe B

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Thanks Joe

I thought bear fat on wagon wheels was a movie trope

maybe not

[Bill Houghton]

...bear fat on wagon wheels...

Probably easier to find bears than pigs as you migrated West.