Stan,
I am not suggesting this is "The Final Answer" but at least it is something to think about ...
The warning on the third page of this ... http://www.trutechsystems.com/xcart/hari...rinder.pdf ... and a possible explanation of why it is recommended so strongly in the second post of this ... http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/view...p?p=144804.
Another link here ... http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/gen...der-87976/ ... about using only the "right" oil.
I also ran across another post with a similar question ... what to use instead of the recommended oil. It seems the poster had tried to contact Harig to get the properly blessed oil but they did not return his phone calls or emails. YMMV.
What follows is possibly a tangent you do not want to go down ... you have been warned ...
However the fifth post suggests that Vaculine 1409 is what was recommended for the non-Harig grinder that he was rebuilding. Vaculine 1409 was 'the way oil to use' before Vactra-2 became 'the way oil to use'. Rumor has it that Vactra-2 is what Vaculine 1409 was with considerably less tackifiers added and therefore does not 'stick' on the ways as well as the 1409. In case you are wondering, I was only able to find 1409 in five gallon pails.
I am not suggesting this is "The Final Answer" but at least it is something to think about ...
The warning on the third page of this ... http://www.trutechsystems.com/xcart/hari...rinder.pdf ... and a possible explanation of why it is recommended so strongly in the second post of this ... http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/view...p?p=144804.
Another link here ... http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/gen...der-87976/ ... about using only the "right" oil.
I also ran across another post with a similar question ... what to use instead of the recommended oil. It seems the poster had tried to contact Harig to get the properly blessed oil but they did not return his phone calls or emails. YMMV.
What follows is possibly a tangent you do not want to go down ... you have been warned ...
However the fifth post suggests that Vaculine 1409 is what was recommended for the non-Harig grinder that he was rebuilding. Vaculine 1409 was 'the way oil to use' before Vactra-2 became 'the way oil to use'. Rumor has it that Vactra-2 is what Vaculine 1409 was with considerably less tackifiers added and therefore does not 'stick' on the ways as well as the 1409. In case you are wondering, I was only able to find 1409 in five gallon pails.