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Anthony Salisbury04/08/2009 22:33:01
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Does anyone know the best type / weight of oil to use in a gear head lathe?
 
Thanks
Ant
JasonB05/08/2009 07:31:43
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Most makers will list a suitable oil in the handbook,  What lathe is it? Its usually a lightweight hydralic type oil.
 
If its a far eastern lathe then Warco sell suitable oil
 
Jason
Anthony Salisbury06/08/2009 00:15:58
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Warco 1224 Gear Head Lathe but I want a well engineered oil not just a cheap replacment.
 
Cheers
Ant
Dugson06/08/2009 04:50:29
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Light hydraulic oils are best because they do not froth up with the gear action.
Dugson
JasonB06/08/2009 16:23:32
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From another forum that I didn't have time too look at yesterday.
 
Try these people they do several weights of hydralic oil equal to Shell Tellus in small amounts
 
Jason
WALLACE10/08/2009 21:37:50
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I had some fully synthetic car gearbox oil left over from a car project - so I drained and filled the headstock on my Harrison L5 with that ! Definetly quieter than the bog standard gear oil used in there previously - and the main bearing runs cooler if ut's running at high speed for a few hours.. (yes, I know it shouldn't and I do have a new set of bearings - but not the spare time to change them  . .).
 
I would recomend 'adding' a magnet somewhere as it's very effective at removing metal particles from the oil . .  .
 
WALLACE 
WALLACE10/08/2009 21:38:01
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I had some fully synthetic car gearbox oil left over from a car project - so I drained and filled the headstock on my Harrison L5 with that ! Definetly quieter than the bog standard gear oil used in there previously - and the main bearing runs cooler if ut's running at high speed for a few hours.. (yes, I know it shouldn't and I do have a new set of bearings - but not the spare time to change them  . .).
 
I would recomend 'adding' a magnet somewhere as it's very effective at removing metal particles from the oil . .  .
 
WALLACE 

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