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I did some searching on the forum without success, so thought I'd ask here...
What type of oil do I need to lubricate my Atlas shaper and Lodge and Shipley lathe? The shaper's manual says to use a 'type 10' mineral oil in most places and a 'type 20' oil in a couple of places. Now, I worked for Texaco for 10 years, and I never heard of 'type 10' oil. Does this mean 10 W oil? The specs look more like an R&O 46 or 68 oil such as would be used in a turbine type water well pump. The lathe's manual gives some oil specs such as pour viscosity at 60F, but the oil specs I have access to are more modern and give viscosity at 100F.
I would really like to try my shaper out sometime this week, but I'm not about to run it without some sort of lubrication. It's going to be a while before I can even think about running the lathe due to several circumstances, but I could go ahead and get my oil and have it on hand when I'm ready to fire it up.
Any help would be appreciated.
What type of oil do I need to lubricate my Atlas shaper and Lodge and Shipley lathe? The shaper's manual says to use a 'type 10' mineral oil in most places and a 'type 20' oil in a couple of places. Now, I worked for Texaco for 10 years, and I never heard of 'type 10' oil. Does this mean 10 W oil? The specs look more like an R&O 46 or 68 oil such as would be used in a turbine type water well pump. The lathe's manual gives some oil specs such as pour viscosity at 60F, but the oil specs I have access to are more modern and give viscosity at 100F.
I would really like to try my shaper out sometime this week, but I'm not about to run it without some sort of lubrication. It's going to be a while before I can even think about running the lathe due to several circumstances, but I could go ahead and get my oil and have it on hand when I'm ready to fire it up.
Any help would be appreciated.