Topping Up Lathe Oil

I doubt if it makes a scrap of difference what oil you use in a lathe that isn't being hammered 24/7 in an industrial environment. The gearbox is still going to outlast you by many years. Engine oil is all I tend to have to hand too and that's what goes in my Student if it needs any.

I have used it for the last 4 years with no ill affects. There is a massive improvement in oil quality since these lathes were built. My ML7b was the

It probably won't matter a whole lot as you won't be mising it 'a lot' in machine use terms, but theoretically you'd be a lot better off if you use some straight oil maybe SAE50 or some lighter gear oil say

Richard

On or around Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:31:46 +0100, "Dave Baker" enlightened us thusly:

Students are "meant" to run on Shell Tellus of a grade I fail to recall but it's written on the filler plug. Might be 27. I've heard warnings against using too-thick oil in the student.

And heres me thinking Students ran on Beer....

igmc

Dave

On or around Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:35:05 -0700, dave sanderson enlightened us thusly:

well, there is that. I think they're a different make of student though.