Geared Head Oil

[Anthony SalisburyParticipant @anthonysalisbury72898]

Does anyone know the best type / weight of oil to use in a gear head lathe?

 

Thanks

Ant

[Anthony SalisburyParticipant @anthonysalisbury72898]

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Most makers will list a suitable oil in the handbook,  What lathe is it? Its usually a lightweight hydralic type oil.

 

If its a far eastern lathe then Warco sell suitable oil

 

Jason

[Anthony SalisburyParticipant @anthonysalisbury72898]

Warco 1224 Gear Head Lathe but I want a well engineered oil not just a cheap replacment.

 

Cheers

Ant

[DugsonParticipant @dugson]

Light hydraulic oils are best because they do not froth up with the gear action.

Dugson

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

From another forum that I didn’t have time too look at yesterday.

 

Try these people they do several weights of hydralic oil equal to Shell Tellus in small amounts

 

Jason

[WALLACEParticipant @wallace]

I had some fully synthetic car gearbox oil left over from a car project – so I drained and filled the headstock on my Harrison L5 with that ! Definetly quieter than the bog standard gear oil used in there previously – and the main bearing runs cooler if ut’s running at high speed for a few hours.. (yes, I know it shouldn’t and I do have a new set of bearings – but not the spare time to change them  . .).

 

I would recomend ‘adding’ a magnet somewhere as it’s very effective at removing metal particles from the oil . .  .

 

WALLACE 

[WALLACEParticipant @wallace]

I had some fully synthetic car gearbox oil left over from a car project – so I drained and filled the headstock on my Harrison L5 with that ! Definetly quieter than the bog standard gear oil used in there previously – and the main bearing runs cooler if ut’s running at high speed for a few hours.. (yes, I know it shouldn’t and I do have a new set of bearings – but not the spare time to change them  . .).

 

I would recomend ‘adding’ a magnet somewhere as it’s very effective at removing metal particles from the oil . .  .

 

WALLACE 

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