Main Shaft Grease

[Gary M.]

Hello, New Tormek T7 user here. Been getting acquainted with my machine by sharpening some old knives and scissors which had some rust on them. I noticed that some of the rusty water dripped down between the collar and micro threads and decided to start a colony. That's a no-no so I decided to disassemble the machine and give the inside of the collars and the micro threads a cleaning and spritz of WD-40. Then I noticed that the main shaft grease that the stone mounts to is dry.

So my question is, should I wipe the dry stuff off and apply some fresh? If so, what type grease is recommended? Will any petroleum based lube work?

Thanks,
Gary

[Mike Fairleigh]

I'm new too, so I'm just throwing another comment on the table.  I recently took the shaft out of my T7 and lubed the nylon bearings with Super Lube Synthetic Grease (after cleaning them up well).  I recently became familiar with this grease and am adopting it for virtually all the applications in my house that require grease.  It's cheap, clear, waterproof, and the perfect thickness & viscosity in my opinion.

[Gary M.]

Hi Mike,  Where do you buy Super Lube?

[Mike Fairleigh]

Hi Gary, just go to Amazon.com and search for "super lube synthetic grease."  I like having the 3oz. tube and the 1/2oz. tube around for different things, but they package it in every other typical grease container too.

Again, I'm still a Tormek newbie myself so I'm not the expert on this - but I'm very happy with the Super Lube for this and many other applications too.

[Sergio]

Hello, just check my post on the chatter marks I left previously. The lubrication is extensively treated.
Regards.

[Ken S]

I remember a comment Bob Vaughn made at a jointer/planer repair class.  He said the presence of lubrication is more important the the particular kind of lubrication. 

Ken

[Gary M.]

Thanks for the feedback gentlemen. Much appreciated.

Regards,
Gary