New toy: Setting up Colchester Student lathe

[m_c]

If it's anything like it's big brother that I bought, headstock oil will be listed as Shell Tellus 27, with the screwcutting Tellus 33. Shell still do Tellus oils, but they're not the same as the old Tellus oils from the era of that manual.
From much googling, modern equivalents are hydraulic ISO 32 and 68 oils.
One word of caution when dealing with ISO 32 or thinner oils, wear gloves. 32 is thin enough to get in skin pores, and cause problems.

[Jonathan]

From much googling, modern equivalents are hydraulic ISO 32 and 68 oils.

Thanks, I'll have a look where I can get them. Do you think I should remove the old oil and clean it up a bit first?

Edit:

Found it on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Premier-ISO-32...item19c370ed6a

and

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Premier-Slidew...item19c434faaa

Hope that's enough!

This is a better deal if not:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Hydraulic-Oil-...item2562b7e483

[Jonathan]

Just thought - the misalignment on the chuck could be the headstock that's out of line. I'll check it by putting the DTI on 'top' of the bar, then the 'side' to see if they're different readings.

In the manual it says 32 and 68 oil, I should have read it properly!