Hello,
I'm setting up a small RnD workshop attached to a startup in Finland. I've got a TOS SN-40 engine lathe, and a Bridgebort Series 1 Adcock Shipley version with a J head with a jammed one shot lubrication and fidgety X/Y motors.
Should a go with all manufacter recommended lubricants, I'd be buying 8 different kinds of oils, all available here in 5 Gallon pails ranging from 100 to 200 $ a pop, so I have to do some streamlining.
One issue I have is that I'm not sure I know what Lubriplate 105 (for the bull gear shift mechanism) is made of. I think it's Calsium soap. I can get Ca, Li and Mo based installation/general purpose greases in the NLGI 2 range from everyhwere. NLGI 0 not so much, but that's possibly because we don't really go by that spec here.
The machine will see maybe 40 hours a month at most.
I have some zerk fitted bearings on the lathe, so I'd really just like to load the grease gun with the best compromise (white lithium grease)
Any thoughts?
- jon
I'm setting up a small RnD workshop attached to a startup in Finland. I've got a TOS SN-40 engine lathe, and a Bridgebort Series 1 Adcock Shipley version with a J head with a jammed one shot lubrication and fidgety X/Y motors.
Should a go with all manufacter recommended lubricants, I'd be buying 8 different kinds of oils, all available here in 5 Gallon pails ranging from 100 to 200 $ a pop, so I have to do some streamlining.
One issue I have is that I'm not sure I know what Lubriplate 105 (for the bull gear shift mechanism) is made of. I think it's Calsium soap. I can get Ca, Li and Mo based installation/general purpose greases in the NLGI 2 range from everyhwere. NLGI 0 not so much, but that's possibly because we don't really go by that spec here.
The machine will see maybe 40 hours a month at most.
I have some zerk fitted bearings on the lathe, so I'd really just like to load the grease gun with the best compromise (white lithium grease)
Any thoughts?
- jon