Fwd: Re: [CR]Was bacon grease, now sheep grease

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Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 07:38:58 -0800 (PST)
From: "Art Link" <artlink@columnssanantonio.com>
Subject: Fwd: Re: [CR]Was bacon grease, now sheep grease
To: classic rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


If the "smoke point" of cooking oils is an indicator of usefulness as cutting oil, then Avocado oil (520 deg F) and Safflower oil(510 deg. F) are the preferred choices. Art-save a whale,kill an avocado-Link,San Antonio,TX,USA

John Betmanis <johnb@oxford.net> wrote: Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:23:45 -0500 To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org From: John Betmanis <johnb@oxford.net> Subject: Re: [CR]Was bacon grease, now sheep grease

At 08:30 AM 12/4/06 -0500, gabriel l romeu wrote:
>sheep wool grease would not be useful for this application as it seems
>to break down at 90f, and the benefit of the frying grease is that it
>remains lubricating far past the heats generated y tool friction.

That was my first thought, the temperture. I use olive oil for deep frying because I believe it has the highest heat resistance of all cooking oils. I wonder how that would work as a cutting oil?
>As to Marcus' question, I wish i had accessibility to Campy grease,

Could that be made from olive oil? What else would Italians use?

If I recall, the best machining lubricants were made from whale oil, which is now illegal. I wonderr if there's any NOS around?

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