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One guy was saying that he gets the best results from bacon drippings by mixing in 50/50 diesel fuel and a touch of tractor hydraulic fluid, I guess to thicken it up. Mixing the fat when it's melted hot seems to even it all out and prevents globs of lard floating around in the mix.

I read where old timey machinists found lard/bacon grease to be not a bad lubricant at all. I hesitate to suggest whale blubber.

Drilling on the lathe I might be wondering where I put the can of cutting oil, and grab the equivalent here of WD40. I suppose it's better than nothing, but the heat makes it smoke away disappear very quickly. Poor lubrication or heat dissipation in that application, i would imagine.