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Bridgeport milling machine mobil way oil, spindle oil
Everyone KNOWS that you DON'T use motor oil for lubricating the ways or spindle of your lathe or mill.
Motor oil has emulsifiers (detergents) that keep contaminants suspended in the oil, (great for your car, bad for your lathe) . Cars have filters, lathes don't. Motor oil is way too thick for spindle oil, anyway. This is especially bad news for your lathe that has spindles that ride directly in cast iron headstocks. Using the wrong lubricant in your spindle can be a real bad choice. Mobil Velocite #6 Spindle Oil oil is a premium product primarily designed for the lubrication of high-speed spindles in machine tools. Most machine tool manufacturers recommend this oil (or "equivalent") for spindle lubrication.
Mobil Velocite oil HAS NO EQUIVALENT.
Motor oil (or even 90W) won't stick to the ways like WAY OIL
Way oil is engineered to STICK TO the ways of your machine, unlike motor oil which will drip off pretty rapidly. Motor oil won't do you much good if its dripping on the floor. The best place for lube is between the saddle and ways of your lathe, or between the table and knee of your mill. The metal-wetting and adhesive agents of Mobil Vactra Way Oil form uniform films that resist squeezing from way surfaces while the machine is not in operation. The manufacturers of your nice South Bend lathe, Bridgeport mill, or Jet surface grinders (and others) don't recommend this as lubricant because they want their stuff to look like junk in a years time. They recommend it BECAUSE ITS THE BEST!
If theres a better lube than VACTRA , I haven't seen it.
In 8 OUNCE dispenser top bottles.:
ONE 8 ounce bottle of Mobil Velocite #6 Spindle Oil,
and ONE 8 ounce bottle of Mobil Vactra #2 Way Oil.
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