Hi Mike

Sorry to see you've had no response yet, however an lube is better than no lube at all, colours I've seen green, silver grey and even a couple of blues so maybe they were colour requests when purchased originally, I have used various oils and greases with in mind that the recommended may really have been a manufacturers choice for commercial enhancement as after sales, lubrications have become far more significant nowadays and manufactured to higher specifications than previously so don't feel pressure to buy the expensive as per branded stuff.

as an e.g.. Mobil fully synthetic for engine £10..00 per ltr, Tesco same as £4..50 per ltr. and before you say are but. would you expect a major refinery company like mobil to have two process plants one producing a cheaper version just for tesco, answer NO what happens is tesco say to mobil we'll buy 60 Million ltrs from you in our packaging for £3.00 per ltr as a guaranteed sale like they do with fuels

Mike

I love my Speed 10. Mine is silver/gray (1973). I believe the last issues were in green. Try to determine what was used for grease on the spindle bearings. It is not recommended to mix grease types but it happens.. You can use any hydraulic jack oil ISO AW 32 for everything else.

Cheers

Bill

Personally I would use slideway oil what ever Myford say for the oil. You might say it's a more modern invention than sae 32 mineral oils of one sort or another – hydraulic oil generally.

Slideway oil has the advantage that it's meant to be exposed to the air and intended specifically for that job. It hangs around for a long time and has less tendency to oxidise. One person on here mentioned that he drowned his lathe with it. I'd say a light and coating once a month is more than often enough. If the lathe hasn't been oiled often it may need doing more frequently for a while.

For bearing grease I am a firm believer in high speed moly grease. Arc stock it. If not buy an ordinary bearing grease. A synthetic may not be a good choice if other greases have been used. Other than that don't worry about mixing greases.

Both the Speed 10 and the later ML10 are a good choice for a small lathe – they really can be found with very little if any wear at all. I think some did go out silver as they are a slight mod to the later ML10's – the extra speed range. It should be possible to set the saddle gib strip for slight resistance to movement and still move it all along the bed. Same for the other slides. Ideally this should be done with the lead screws out as they might be set too tight when these are used. Doing this is a good way of getting the oil where it should be too as the cross and compound slides can be pulled off.

John

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This place may be of use if people want to change oiling facilities. My Pultra has gone 1770 and the new head had the original oil nipples which aren't easy to use so I switched to right angle cups.

**LINK**

John

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