New lathe oil question

[G-ManBart]

I'm with you on that. got a call back from Lynch Oil. I explained to him what I was doing, and he said he wasn't knowledgeable on machine oils but would have someone else call me.

While the Shell Morlina looks to be a fantastic oil I think any brand name listed equivalent should be more than fine. We're not talking a turbine at 20K RPM or anything crazy like that and not even a CNC machine at 5-6K. It looks like Mobil Velocite No. 6 or Gulfspin 10 are equivalents that are more affordable.

 

[yota]

that's what I need. I got 2 operator's manuals with this machine and hadn't looked at the 2nd one until this morning. found these notes from the previous operator. this lathe was in one of the Florida State University research machine shops for 57 years.

 

[matthewsx]

Don't ya just love it when people write stuff down

 

[yota]

Don't ya just love it when people write stuff down

yes. but it's still all out of date.

 

[matthewsx]

yes. but it's still all out of date.

Well, what do I know? Most of my oil knowledge comes from racing kart engines, I use tractor oil in my lathe....

Still, it's nice to have some notes, is there anything else in there of use?

John

 

[yota]

Well, what do I know? Most of my oil knowledge comes from racing kart engines, I use tractor oil in my lathe....

Still, it's nice to have some notes, is there anything else in there of use?

John

speaking of discontinued oil, I still this left.

 

[yota]

 

[yota]

 

[matthewsx]

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If I had something like that it would get a Lexan top....

John

 

[verbotenwhisky]

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That is art....