Bees' Wax screw lube

Actually

Lee Schierer, McKean, PA

>To produce one pund of wax takes twice the work of producing a pund of honey. Since bees carry one droplet of nectar on each trip and nectar is evaporated 10 fold to get to honey and a pound of honey requires about 100,000-150,000 trips from the hive, they do have to work pretty hard. Average life span for a worker bee is 2-3 months.

Lee

What about this stuff? 

Bri in Mtl

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LOL

Robert Hutchins

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A vastly easier alternative

Michael Dresdner

>It is hard for me to believe that people would go through the trouble of melting wax and mixing it with solvent when it has been done for you and is most likely already in your shop. Like most finishing pros, I simply stick the screw into the nearest tin of paste wax. Having holes in paste wax does no harm, and the can is the perfect shape for access to a lot of wax surface and is already at the perfect consistency. This idea is neither new nor mine -- it was common practice in my first pro finishing job back in 1972, and way before.

Another advantage is that when I have to set a lot of screws, I simply stick them all into the wax, head up, where they stay ready to grab and already waxed. The tin moves with me to the work.

Depends on what's in it!

Lee Schierer, McKean, PA

>Do they list the contents on the label? If not dip a screw in it and give it a try. If you have a cordless drill with a clutch see how low a clutch setting it takes to screw in a dipped screw versus one that was not. Then wait a few days to see if a stain develops around the screw.

Lee

Re: Biscuit gravy?

Charles Self

>Sausage gravy, really, from pork breakfast sausage (hell, I'll eat it any time of day, along with a few biscuits and some eggs over medium).

Recipe? It goes like this, "Sweetheart, I'd like some biscuits and gravy this morning. Please."

Re: Oh me oh my oh!

Charles Self

>"Open some breakfast sausage and render the fat while breaking it up into little pieces. Create a roux with some flour and the fat. Pour in a cup of milk and stir until the roux is incorporated and thickens to your taste. Grind in some pepper and pour over buttermilk biscuits."

And it's even better with scrambled eggs and fried apples.