Rakker16mm
Aluminum
- Joined
- May 25, 2010
- Location
- Palo Alto
The subject says it all... almost....
I recently acquired 61 Series lathe in excellent condition complete with tooling and operators manual. The manual calls for Vactra heavy medium oil for the headstock reservoir and several other places. I thought this would be an easy one for my tool supplier but not so much. His reference chart only shows Vactra oils #1-4, and the only heavy medium that comes up is dte.
Searches here and elsewhere have yielded much information most of it conflicting I'll settle instead for the collective wisdom of fellow owners.
I recently acquired 61 Series lathe in excellent condition complete with tooling and operators manual. The manual calls for Vactra heavy medium oil for the headstock reservoir and several other places. I thought this would be an easy one for my tool supplier but not so much. His reference chart only shows Vactra oils #1-4, and the only heavy medium that comes up is dte.
Searches here and elsewhere have yielded much information most of it conflicting I'll settle instead for the collective wisdom of fellow owners.