[TheForge] Way oil (No Way!) Way!

[Darrell]

All of the way lube systems that I have worked with are 100% loss systems.
And yes that does wash the dirt out even with the "sticky" stuff. The main
reason for the sticky stuff is to reduce or eliminate "slip/stick" motion
which will give a bad finish at slow feed rates.
Darrell

http://www.machinemaster.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas A. Troszak" <tom at tomtroszak.com>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 4:25 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Way oil (No Way!) Way!


> > Message: 11
> > Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 21:03:38 +0000
> > From: apeshet at comcast.net
> > Subject: RE:  [TheForge] Restoring a champion blower
> > He did
> > have a question about how the blower fan blade casing went back
together.  All
> > we could find in the old box were square nuts.   Are these original?
They
> > will work but they don't seem to fit the aesthetic design of the blower.
>
> yes, those are very original.
>
>
> >Where can I get some "Way lube"?
> >Lou Polsinelli
>
> Dear Lou,
>
> "Way Lube" is just oil that is supposed to be clingy, chain saw bar oil
> works the same way, or you can put a squirt of "Slick 50" or any of the
> "cling additives" you find at the auto parts store into gear oil.
>
> I personally would use a light grease on any type of gearing, the oil will
> creep off pretty quickly, unless the gears are dipping into some kind of
> reservoir to pick up the oil constantly in use. Inside a case, with a
> reservoir, some type of extra clingy oil would work fine on small gears,
but
> I would use 90WT "gear oil" with a cling additive.
>
> By the way , I do not use "way oil" on any of my machine tool ways. I use
> regular 20 WT hydraulic oil (No Way!) Way!. Any type of clingy oil just
> attracts dirt which then grinds away the precision surface. I just pump
good
> clean oil through and it washes out any dirt, and constantly cleans the
ways
> from the inside out.
> I used this "100 percent loss" method on my $40,000 CNC mill, and after 8
> hrs/day for three years, there was not even a scuff mark showing on the
> ways.
>
> Tom
> -- 
> Tom Troszak
> 47 Panola St.
> Asheville, NC 28801 U.S.A.
>
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