Bridgeport 15" Rotary Table Lube

[widmayer]

Where do you oil or lube one of these?
Do you use Way oil?
Thanks!
Gary

 

[dickr]

I'd be willing to bet if you check the hold down slots you'll find either a screw or a hole where the oil goes in. Pretty much like the old Bridgeport mills. Way oil or any good light weight oil would work. Then buy a crane to lift it or send it to me. I got a crane/overhead lift devise.
dickr

 

[OccupantRJ]

The lube system must work very well, as I took one at work, mounted a large 1/2" disc of steel on it, mounted 16 outward facing 200 DA collet setups on it, and motorized it with a DeWalt right angle half inch drill. A speed control is used on it, and it is used to mill a chisel shaped tip on short copper parts at 500 per hour by passing the parts through a set of cutters. The vertical mill has an arbor with a pair of double angle arbor style cutters on it. A pair of Bosch trim routers is used to take a final trim of .005 off each surface to eliminate burrs. This "invention" has been running about once a month for over 10 years with no issues. I was originally concerned about the life of the unit, relative to lubrication and wear. So far, so good.