Professor
Aluminum
- Joined
- Dec 15, 2006
- Location
- Natick, MA
I have been refurbishing a 1930's Reid 2-B surface grinder and recently reassembled it. The table rests on two ways - one v-shaped and the other flat. The ways are oiled by spring-loaded bobbins that reside in oil-filled wells.
Thinking that these are "ways" I first started with Vactra #4 way oil - the stuff I use on my Bridgeport. The way oil was so viscous I could hardly crank the table left and right. I cleaned out all that and replaced it with 90w gear lube (because that is what was in it when I got it). I can move it now but the table still does not glide - I'm cranking with mighty effort. It moves smoothly, only slowly.
So what should I be using? 10w-30 motor oil? 5w spindle oil? Something else?
LM
Thinking that these are "ways" I first started with Vactra #4 way oil - the stuff I use on my Bridgeport. The way oil was so viscous I could hardly crank the table left and right. I cleaned out all that and replaced it with 90w gear lube (because that is what was in it when I got it). I can move it now but the table still does not glide - I'm cranking with mighty effort. It moves smoothly, only slowly.
So what should I be using? 10w-30 motor oil? 5w spindle oil? Something else?
LM