%K AISI 304; Boundary lubrications; Coated carbide insert; CPO; Crude palm oil; cutting forces; Machining Process; Surface finishes; tool wear; Turning process; Work pieces; Workpiece materials, Austenitic stainless steel; Cutting fluids; Machining; Machining centers; Surface roughness; Sustainable development; Vegetable oils, Wear of materials %X Knowledge of the performance of cutting fluids in machining process is important in order to improve the efficiency of any machining process. The objective of this work is to compare the performance of CPO to commercially available cutting fluid which is Solkut 2140 cutting fluid in terms of cutting forces, surface roughness of the workpiece and tool wear in turning process by using coated carbide insert as cutting tool and AISI 304 austenitic stainless steel as workpiece material. In general, the results indicated that CPO performed better than Solkut 2140 in reducing the cutting forces, improving the surface finish and reducing the tool wear. CPO has been used as a cutting fluid in this work because it provides the desirable quality for boundary lubrication, biodegradable, less toxic and vast resources. © 2011 IEEE. %L scholars1709 %J 2011 National Postgraduate Conference - Energy and Sustainability: Exploring the Innovative Minds, NPC 2011 %O cited By 2; Conference of 3rd National Postgraduate Conference - Energy and Sustainability: Exploring the Innovative Minds, NPC 2011 ; Conference Date: 19 September 2011 Through 20 September 2011; Conference Code:88531 %R 10.1109/NatPC.2011.6136542 %D 2011 %A N.N.B.M. Ibrahim %A M.B. Sudin %A M.F.B.M. Nor %T Investigation on the effect of crude palm oil (CPO) on the cutting forces, surface roughness and tool wear in turning SS304 %C Perak