Hello everyone, I am new on the forum and new to machinist work. I've been wanting a lathe for a little while now. A few months ago I found a little 3n1 harbor freight mill-drill-lathe for a good deal and after cleaning it up and working with it only a little bit, I came across this machine. It was on Facebook marketplace. No mention of a lathe, no details, only one blurry picture. I was able to tell it was a rather large and old lathe. So after talking to the man briefly, I went to look at it. It was plugged in and able to be run, on a rigged up 110 motor up top. The man said his 84 year old father was still using the lathe a month prior, before going into the hospital. The 3 phase motor is still in it, but their phase converter had conked out sometime in the '80s. I ran it a bit, and checked the machine out the best my limited knowledge would allow before deciding to buy it. It came with a 4 jaw chuck, faceplate, tons of drill bits, reamers, mill bits, drill chucks, steady rest (one factory made, one homemade), about a dozen different tool holders and some other miscellaneous stuff.
So far I've gotten it quite a bit cleaner, and in my shop. I hope to be able to start working with it soon, but need to do some work to it first, which has led me here, with a few questions.
What type and how much oil should I put in the headstock? I've read perhaps I should use iso 32 or iso 68. I've looked around and either is available locally. I'm thinking I should fill it to about where the top and bottom of the headstock come apart? But I'm not sure. I have other questions, but will leave it with the oil questions for now.
Thanks,
-Jonathan
So far I've gotten it quite a bit cleaner, and in my shop. I hope to be able to start working with it soon, but need to do some work to it first, which has led me here, with a few questions.
What type and how much oil should I put in the headstock? I've read perhaps I should use iso 32 or iso 68. I've looked around and either is available locally. I'm thinking I should fill it to about where the top and bottom of the headstock come apart? But I'm not sure. I have other questions, but will leave it with the oil questions for now.
Thanks,
-Jonathan