Hey, Lou,
Edit your profile and put in your location.
Maybe someone can go in with you on a gallon.
Steve
Is this any good for way oil?
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Re: Is this any good for way oil?
Looks,like what you bought is commonly used in newer model automobiles - for modern transmissions. key words on the label of the bottle are “extreme pressure” lubricant. This means the oil contains EP additives that can have a corrosive effect on bearing surfaces - called “polishing wear”. This causes excessive tooth wear on gears for example.
See the link below for more good stuff on EP oils.
https://www.machinerylubrication.com/Re ... -additives
maybe, maybe, mix small quantities in your cutting oil to use it up. Otherwise, write off the .25Cents and throw the oil away in the local toxic recycle dump... :]
Glenn
See the link below for more good stuff on EP oils.
https://www.machinerylubrication.com/Re ... -additives
maybe, maybe, mix small quantities in your cutting oil to use it up. Otherwise, write off the .25Cents and throw the oil away in the local toxic recycle dump... :]
Glenn
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Motive power : 1902 A.S.Campbell 4-4-0 American - 12 5/8" gauge, 1955 Ottaway 4-4-0 American 12" gauge
Ahaha, Retirement: the good life - drifting endlessly on a Sea of projects....
Motive power : 1902 A.S.Campbell 4-4-0 American - 12 5/8" gauge, 1955 Ottaway 4-4-0 American 12" gauge
Ahaha, Retirement: the good life - drifting endlessly on a Sea of projects....
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Re: Is this any good for way oil?
My comment was intended for Armscor1, who wrote that he can't get those products in the Philippines.BigDumbDinosaur wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2020 11:05 am For most recent vintage machine tools, Vactra #2 or similar for horizontal slideways and Vactra #4 or similar for vertical slideways works well.
Here in Portugal, when I asked about slideway oils they looked at me like I was speaking a foreign language [which of course, I was].
I bought by mail order from the UK.