G'day all
First post, so be gentle
The other day my uncle brought over a Unimat DB200 for me to try out. I've no previous lathe experience, and everything I know currently is contained in whatever manuals he had.
This machine has probably not seen use for some years.
Since I broke one of the dry old rubber belts in short order, I feel I should give this thing its 1000 hour service, as specified in the manual, which involves repacking the headstock bearings, amoung other things, while I wait for replacement belts.
My question for you folks is what is the preferred sort of grease to be using for such things these days? I've got a tub of plain old axle/wheel bearing grease in the garage, but I'm not sure if what is good for automotive use is also suitable for a little machine like this.
I did a quick search, but did not find another post on this topic.
First post, so be gentle
The other day my uncle brought over a Unimat DB200 for me to try out. I've no previous lathe experience, and everything I know currently is contained in whatever manuals he had.
This machine has probably not seen use for some years.
Since I broke one of the dry old rubber belts in short order, I feel I should give this thing its 1000 hour service, as specified in the manual, which involves repacking the headstock bearings, amoung other things, while I wait for replacement belts.
My question for you folks is what is the preferred sort of grease to be using for such things these days? I've got a tub of plain old axle/wheel bearing grease in the garage, but I'm not sure if what is good for automotive use is also suitable for a little machine like this.
I did a quick search, but did not find another post on this topic.