Subject: Re: Chainsaw blade oil.

From: [email-masked] (Fitch R. Williams)
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 08:25:05 GMT

[email-masked] (Steve Davis) wrote:

>In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked] (Jens) writes:
>-> "w.j.ward" <[email-masked]> wrote:
>-> >I ran across chainsaw blade oil in a store recently.  I was wondering if
>-> >this is anything like "way oil" that is used on lathe ways and mill table
>-> >dovetails.  Or, could this be used as a substitute?  

>-> <Horrified mode on>
>-> NOOOO
>-> <Horrified mode off>

>sad to hear this... i have been using it for the last year or so on
>the recomendation of an engineer-machinist friend whose credibility i
>had yet no reason to doubt.  please amplify on the differences.

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Generally I try to use a relatively light way oil to keep it
>from  causing the mill table to be jacked up and then sink
down as the oil warms up and thins out.  The mill has a
manual lubricator pump on it.  I have gone through about a
gallon of the stuff in 5 years.  'bout ready to buy some
more.  I think chain saw oil would really mess it up.  It
seems to be awfly thick and gooey.

I use the same light way oil on the lathe ways for the same
reason.  I wouldn't like to have my chips stuck to the ways
by the chainsaw oil I've used.  

I use spindle oil for all the rotating parts (spindle, idler
gears, QC gear box, cross slide and compount nuts, carriage
rotating parts and feed screw).

In my experience, a gallon of way lube or spindle oil, is
not really close to a life time supply.  

Fitch

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From: [email-masked] (Bart Smaalders)
Date: 2 Dec 1996 07:15:14 GMT

I've used chain saw bar oil to good effect as way oil on my 10" Atlas for several years;
it's readily available in small containers ( a good thing, too; the 5 gallon
pails of steam cylinder oil and turbine oil take up enough space as it is...)
stays put, doesn't absorb moisture and seems to do a good job of lubrication.

Works for me...

- Bart

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