I don’t use cutting fluid with my metal bandsaw!

I stopped using cutting fluid with my bandsaw a few years ago. I was complaining about the mess it made, and if any of the guys in the machine shop knew of a better fluid, one that was easier to clean off of concrete. A older machinist said that he hadn’t used fluid of any sort in years, except in the CNC because a previous shop he was at used a wax stick for material rough cutting. He had made the jump and hadn’t regretted it. I tried it out, skeptical, but lo and behold it worked great. A little bit of non-peer review testing over the years has shown me that the band saw blades last just as long with the wax stick or the cutting fluid.  I use the stick on my stationary bandsaw as well as my portable, handheld bandsaws. Works great.
I have tried a couple, but the Castrol 140 Stick-Wax works the best.
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[@danielsharp590]

I've used both wax and cutting fluid on structural steel with drill bits but not saws and the wax works great.

[@jonandersen3347]

I’ll have to get some. My saw doesn’t have an oil feed. So this would be handy. Thanks.

[@MattofManyTrades]

It is good stuff!

[@pisstoffcat5136]

Boelube drill bit wax works great too

[@aeonsmiffy]

will these saws, cut small semi-precious stones?

[@MattofManyTrades]

No.