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Posted by spaco on May 13, 2008, 2:01 pm
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To get my way oil and spindle oil, I just went to a local company that
is a large fuel oil supplier. They sell all kinds of industrial
lubricants. I told them what I wanted, they took me out back to some
huge tanks and filled my little containers. That's it. It pays to be
humble, too, since they usualy deal in larger sales.
I did this about 20 years ago. I did buy 5 gallons of way oil and one
gallon of spindle oil. Yesterday I went out to refill one of my way oil
squirt cans and noticed that the 5 gallon pail is half empty! Maybe one
gallon isn't even a lifetime supply! 2 lathes, vertical mill, surface
grinder.
Pete Stanaitis
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Sierevello@aol.com wrote:
> Anyone use ATF as a way lubricant? Someone mentioned on Practical
> Machinist that they use it in one of their older manual surface
> grinders and it is slick as glass. I am not familiar with ATF or its
> lubrication properties if anyone can shed any light on it for me. I
> have a Bijur automatic lubricator on my DoAll 6x18. It has Turcite way
> pads on the ways also.
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>
> Thanks, Steve
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> Machinist that they use it in one of their older manual surface
> grinders and it is slick as glass. I am not familiar with ATF or its
> lubrication properties if anyone can shed any light on it for me. I
> have a Bijur automatic lubricator on my DoAll 6x18. It has Turcite way
> pads on the ways also.
>
>
> Thanks, Steve