05-28-2015, 09:22 PM
Ron,
Nice lathe, for certain! I think that volume is something that will have to come from the manual as I know of no one here who has the same machine. Tony @ lathes.co.uk might have a manual if you don't, but you really shouldn't worry too much about it as long as the machine labels state WHICH oil it uses in there.
You can get a good idea of how much it needs by measuring how much drains out. A rough guess might be more than 1 gallon but less than 3. I would imagine the machine has a sight glass to bring it up to the correct level and maintain it.
Nice lathe, for certain! I think that volume is something that will have to come from the manual as I know of no one here who has the same machine. Tony @ lathes.co.uk might have a manual if you don't, but you really shouldn't worry too much about it as long as the machine labels state WHICH oil it uses in there.
You can get a good idea of how much it needs by measuring how much drains out. A rough guess might be more than 1 gallon but less than 3. I would imagine the machine has a sight glass to bring it up to the correct level and maintain it.