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WELL the Precision Mathews 14x40s have a 2" bore. Grizzly and Bolton no.
You should always be safe to run ISO 68 oil in your gear boxes. I would be sure to buy one specified for gear oiling, since they come in flavors. It's a multipurpose oil. Hyspin 68, Tellus 68, Rando HD-68, DTE-26, HP-68 - they are all interchangeable oils with 68 centistokes viscosity at startup temp. I have yet to see a lathe that doesn't spec this stuff. Maybe some of the far-out hydraulic lathes out there that do more than splash lube with oil might spec a lighter oil for those exotic drive systems. But your run of the mill geared head lathe is going to spec some form of ISO 68.Hello! I can't find a thread specifically for the 1340 but given what look to be the similarities I thought I'd ask here - being VERY new to using and running a lathe and having just acquired a Taiwanese version of a Victor 1340 (mine being a 1340GHE), I was hoping to track down ANY manuals for it. I need to fill the gear boxes - at this point I'm inclined to use Type 32 hydraulic oil as it looks compatible and I have a bunch of it for my press. Any advice or direction to appropriate threads would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
thanks for the reply. I should clarify that i'm looking for headstock and gear box oils and from what I've seen of other similar machine's manuals - the 32 looks to be common in the headstock and the 68 common in the gear box and carriage. 68 used in the oil-ball locations too, does this sound correct?You should always be safe to run ISO 68 oil in your gear boxes. I would be sure to buy one specified for gear oiling, since they come in flavors. It's a multipurpose oil. Hyspin 68, Tellus 68, Rando HD-68, DTE-26, HP-68 - they are all interchangeable oils with 68 centistokes viscosity at startup temp. I have yet to see a lathe that doesn't spec this stuff. Maybe some of the far-out hydraulic lathes out there that do more than splash lube with oil might spec a lighter oil for those exotic drive systems. But your run of the mill geared head lathe is going to spec some form of ISO 68.