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| Check the 3 oil sight levels the headstock, feed gearbox and apron, they should be between midpoint and top. If they look all yellow, that’s fine, you are looking at the oil, they are slightly over full. | Check the 3 oil sight levels the headstock, feed gearbox and apron, they should be between midpoint and top. If they look all yellow, that’s fine, you are looking at the oil, they are slightly over full. | ||
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| In the highly unlikely case that they look completely white or there is a large puddle of oil. That is not good! | In the highly unlikely case that they look completely white or there is a large puddle of oil. That is not good! | ||
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| You can’t really over oil a lathe. It must have the correct types of oil used in the correct locations. | You can’t really over oil a lathe. It must have the correct types of oil used in the correct locations. | ||
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| The small plastic oil can that lives on the lathe contains "ways oil" or more formally type 1 Slideways Oil ISO 68. If it is empty, please fill it up, spare Slideway Oil is in the COSHH cupboard. | The small plastic oil can that lives on the lathe contains "ways oil" or more formally type 1 Slideways Oil ISO 68. If it is empty, please fill it up, spare Slideway Oil is in the COSHH cupboard. | ||