lubrication

My Eisen 1440EV recommends ISO 32 for the apron. I purchased Hydraulic Oil: Mineral, 5 gal, Pail, ISO Viscosity Grade 32, H1 Food Grade, SAE Grade 10, DTE FM - should I have gotten Hydraulic Oil: Mineral, 5 gal, Pail, ISO Viscosity Grade 32, DTE 24 instead? Is there much of a difference other...

I am "spring-cleaning" the apron and saddle of my 1947 South Bend 9A. After 10 hours of research I find many references to the oiling of the usual SB 9A points marked in yellow below: However, lubrication of the gears for the rack and the power cross-feed are rarely, if ever mentioned...

A thread in which I pull my mill apart and make it, hopefully, better. Goals: Install new swarf covers Add pressure lube to everything Re-do the flexible swarf guards Install DROs on Z and quill

Hi there, I need some help about my *new* Vilh Pedersen VP00 milling machine, well I can't find any documentation so I am inspecting and cleaning the gearbox, everything is going fine but oil was some kind of thick gear oil maybe an 70 or 80, I am not sure if it is the good one, for my other...

Hi there I am running my SM series 2000 lathe since a few days ago, I noticed that the fast it runs the lower oil level is in the window, after turning off the lathe, the level comes back in the window buy wit a noticeable foaming. I ran it with the upper cover open, I noticed that the input...

Hi, I got my first lathe and am just getting into the hobby. The thing is my lathe doesn't have any oil ports for the spindle bearings and i'm not sure how it gets lubricated. I opened the top up to find grease on the bearing that look dried up. I'm not sure if these are sealed angular contact...

Hi, I have seen online a couple of South Bends that have 2 drip feed oilers on top of the headstock. Has anyone here had any experience using these oilers? Is it worth buying since it supposedly may better ensure constant spindle lubrication, or is it just stupid, where it's better to oil it...

I needed a superior corrosion inhibitor for my O1 knives. Since I sell these as skinners, I didn't want a hunter cutting into his deer with Mobil 1 on the blade. Research led me to a great piece of research a fellow had done. He covered corrosion and lubricity. Pretty good test and writeup...

Hello, Most of the pictures I have seen, as well as my own BP have the way oiler mounted below the table on the knee. Has anyone mounted an oiler in a different location i.e... a higher location? I have a really bad back after three surgeries and anything I can do to reduce the number of...

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