Re: grizzli mini-mill: hard slides

Thanks to those who answered.

I took the slides apart and cleaned them thouroughly. This helped a
lot, although I had a hard time readjusting the gibs to get everything
gliding smoothly from one end to the other. It would always stick or
get harder at one end of the slide. I adjusted the brass nut too,
seems that is what was gripping.

I am now taking apart the Z-axis to do the same.

Question: in the manual, they say to use grease, not oil, on the
slides. I assume this is because we want the lubricant to be think
enough that it sticks to the slides and is not "skimmed off" ?
I read in the sherline table top machining (first book I got on
machining) that some guy used 10W20 teflon-based synthetic motor oil,
for the slides, and worked so well sherline does that to all their
machines.

What do you guys use as lubricant ? Is it really important, does it
make a big difference ? I have some thick green bearing grease and
light oil (like for sawing machines) on hand, should I go out and get
something specific or should I not bother ?

bruno

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Ray Henry <rehenry@u...> wrote:
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> Bruno
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> These don't really come set up at all. On mine, I removed all the
screws