How often do you oil your lathe ways?

Moist air (high humidity),high dew point temp , cold air temperatures followed by a rise in temperature which means the machine can’t warm up as fast as the air around it .

to stop it you either lower the humidity or keep the machine warm .

Ian.

Thanks Ian, its a proper bugger when you walk into your workshop in the morning and it looks like its been raining heavily on everything!

I set up a gravity oil feeding system to the ways on my Myford. I keep the oil pot full when in use. I lower the pot to bed level between using it. It keeps the ways wet, and I wipe it down with a paper towel often. Works very well.

Thats how I do it too. Leave them wet (ish). Helps me sleep better.

I do too Neil, I actually enjoy cleaning the machines!

Your system sounds interesting. Might you post a picture? (If only to get the image of a pot *under* the bed out of my mind!)

Here is what I set up.

Re threaded the M5 to the ba # of the oil points. I found that the length of the tubes needed to be the same, or else the shorter tube side got most of the oil.

Elevated to slowly feed down.

Neil Lickfold

Thank you. That looks both simple and ingenious.

I think your point about tube length would also apply to car exhaust systems.

PS I am a fan of Rocol slideway lubricant; expensive  in aerosol form but very effective.

Edited By ega on 07/06/2019 11:24:40