Burr lubricant - is mine OK?

[bob flemming]

Hi,

I'm obsessed with stonesetting at the moment and bought some cut lube from Cooksons to lubricate my stonesetting burr. It's this: Burr Life Lubricant - Cooksongold.com

The description says that it's greasy but mine is more a compacted powder. Does anyone else use this and can you tell me what yours is like, please?

Thank you!

Bob

[WitchfordSilver]

Bob, mine looks just yours. dusty wax, i did hit it with a flame once to see if it melted like wax which it did. So i still rub it on the saw blades and it does seem to work.

[mizgeorge]

That's the one I use for all my cutting. I just use a lighter to melt the top a bit before use and it's much less powdery and messy that way.

[bob flemming]

Ah great, thanks for the confirmation that mine is ok. Will give it a little melt and see how I fare with that.

[Apologies for the weird time of reply. Insomnia.]

[MuranoSilver]

Bob we have quite a few insomniacs here ~
no wonder so many of us slice our fingers and set fire to stuff
we're probably sleep making!

Glad you got your question answered though
Nic xx

[Dennis]

Burr Life and beeswax work fine if using a motor, but I find that I can do a better job by turning the burrs by hand in a pin vice and using a few drops of 3inone oil to dip them in.First a round burr and then a stone setting burr to finish off.It is not too slow and the burrs last much longer that way.Hope someone agrees. Dennis.

[lynnm]

Bob we have quite a few insomniacs here ~
no wonder so many of us slice our fingers and set fire to stuff
we're probably sleep making!
Nic xx

I am usually around at weird times... always up for a chat to!