This weekend turned out ot be one of those weekends where my time was consumed with other things, so short of collecting the machine, I literally didnt get much time to do anything else.

I did however start the job of cleaning the wax stuff off, which is going to be a b*stard of a job,



the machine is literally covered in it, although Im pleased its there.


First things first, I need to esablish how I get some lubrication working, as most things are quite stiff. There is this jobby on the side of the machine





1.) which I assume is some form of auto-oiler? any information however obvious you may know of this, would be grately appreciated.
2.) what oil do I fill it with?
3.) The clear hose coming out of the body of the machine, goes up to the quill, and the black line you can see seems to go to feed the network of lubrication lines plumbed into the machine (both these feed lines are not connected to the oiler, and are just loose. and I dont know where they would go)
4.) It is marked 110v, so I guess Il have to use one of those yellow site equiptment block things to power it?



thats probably enough questions for now, but here are some other photos

oohhh... brand new suds pump inside body of mill


shows the y ballscrew with guard removed, and the cleaning ive done on the saddle rail, can anybody recommend any cleaning chemical I can use to get rid of the stains?


shows the x ballscrew with guard removed


z motor mount


and finally, the spindle motor mount