I just got an NSK Planet 500, its a high speed air driven spindle that I have put on a small CNC. I have an oiler, but have no idea what type of oil to put in it. Is anyone familiar with these?
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19 years ago
Lubricating oil for high-speed spindles
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19 years ago
I use "Hydrospin" oil in my spindles. Cann your oil supplier to cross-reference. Tranny fluid may work well also.
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19 years ago
I have the NSK Falcon G-1 which probably uses a similar type spindle, they recommend "Shell Ongina Oil #15", "Esso Crystal 72", or "Mobile Whitelex
309".I was only able to find the Shell and had to buy a 5 gallon pail. You might be OK with a spindle oil from J&L or something:
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19 years ago
NSK does have an oil they sell, but after calling the # they gave me, then contacting the 2 distributors they offered, I got nothing but confusion, neither one could find it. I have some Vactra #6 light spindle oil, and will try using that for a bit. I think just about any good light spindle oil should work fine. At least I'm hoping that is the case! So far so good.
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19 years ago
Good luck!