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Thread: AL960 Lubrication Questions
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4th Jan 2012, 07:51 AM #16Diamond Member
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HI,
I will take a Photo of it and Post it Tonight.All The Best steran50 Stewart
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.
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4th Jan 2012, 12:58 PM #17Member
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hydraulic oil
I use hydraulic oil too (the stuff that I have in a large drum for the tractor)
I re-do the ways often (The "way" oil is sticky and messy like chainsaw bar oil)
I had gone to a local machine shop to scrounge the way oil and was told that the pros dont use it (and instead use hydraulic oil for everything)
I use a moly grease on the open gears
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4th Jan 2012, 09:47 PM #18Diamond Member
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HI,
Lather I think I'm a D/head. I had another look at the Oil Point that I always thought was for the Rack when I was taking the Photo. Upon having another look it can't be for the Rack as it is directly above the Way. I think that it is the original 'Way' Oil Point on the Operator side, but because the Cross Slide Dro Scale obstructs it another Oil Point for the 'Way' is fitted on Al-960b Lathes with DRO's.
Lather is Your AL-960b fitted with a DRO ?.All The Best steran50 Stewart
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.
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4th Jan 2012, 09:53 PM #19
I think you are correct, my AL960B doesn't have the DRO (more's the pity) and it has a single oiler where yours has 2 so your theory is obviously correct.
The strange thing, however, is that whereas your photo shows the "original" oiler very close to the cross slide (1/2" or so) the oiler on my non-DRO model is 2 1/4" from the cross-slide which would be to the right of your second oiler.
The rack is manually greased from time to time. I found a spray can of Rocol Open Gear grease at CBC Bearings that I use for the rack and the gear train.
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5th Jan 2012, 12:49 AM #20lather Guest
The lathe didn't have a dro, the oiler is much further from the cross slide compared to the pix, a dro would not cover the oiler.
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