oil

My Eisen 1440EV recommends ISO 32 for the apron. I purchased Hydraulic Oil: Mineral, 5 gal, Pail, ISO Viscosity Grade 32, H1 Food Grade, SAE Grade 10, DTE FM - should I have gotten Hydraulic Oil: Mineral, 5 gal, Pail, ISO Viscosity Grade 32, DTE 24 instead? Is there much of a difference other...

Hi there, I need some help about my *new* Vilh Pedersen VP00 milling machine, well I can't find any documentation so I am inspecting and cleaning the gearbox, everything is going fine but oil was some kind of thick gear oil maybe an 70 or 80, I am not sure if it is the good one, for my other...

Hi there I am running my SM series 2000 lathe since a few days ago, I noticed that the fast it runs the lower oil level is in the window, after turning off the lathe, the level comes back in the window buy wit a noticeable foaming. I ran it with the upper cover open, I noticed that the input...

If anyone needs more information on the Auto-drive, let me know, I'll be putting together more videos on this subject in future. Thanks, Dusty

Hi, I have seen online a couple of South Bends that have 2 drip feed oilers on top of the headstock. Has anyone here had any experience using these oilers? Is it worth buying since it supposedly may better ensure constant spindle lubrication, or is it just stupid, where it's better to oil it...

I was in need of small lathe, so I recently picked up a Craftsman 101.07301. As I understand it, this is the same machine as an Atlas 618. It is in quite good condition and I am about halfway through restoring it--it hadn't been used in a long while so the lubricants had oxidized/congealed, etc...

I recently got an older Yuasa Spacer. I just finished cleaning off most of the old shop grime. Now I am wondering what kind of lubricant I should use. It seems that there is a Zerk fitting and it seems to use grease, but I was trying to see what other people here use. And if you use grease...