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it's a hard thing to mass market. In the CNC side of things there's a semi bolt-on CNC solution for Grizzly and WM210-V lathes courtesy of BDTools. There's a company called ProCut CNC that makes a true bolt-on CNC solution for PM/Craftex lathes, but they don't respond to communication and have...

https://www.rocketronics.de/en/els/ I almost went for this before realizing that CNC wouldn't cost that much more, and is wayyyyymore useful. But if you have specific needs this system will meet it's pretty great!

I use a Ditron DRO and it's terrific. You can ask for magnetic tape instead of full on scales and it works just as well, esp in the limited space you have on a 8x16. It might be a bit more than your price range but buy once cry once and all that!

Final note as I think I found the best fit - 4L Jugs for ~$25ea at Commercial Oil. Here's the product data sheet - it states "The formulations incorporate a sulphur/phosphorus additive system making these products especially well suited for multiple gear drives or where severe shock or overloads...

I can see how things get so confusing - from what I've read even in another day of casual browsing it sounds like there are a tonne of variables that most people wouldn't be able to account for, so anecdotal reports are only as good as the poster's ability to provide details. There are lots of...

The gearbox is sealed isn't it? As I noted the original spec for the gearbox oil is an EP gear oil (Mobil 600xp 100 / mobilgear 627). The 75W-80 from the PM manual appears to be as well. In doing a lot of reading on the subject yesterday I read that the reason EP oil is specified for the gearbox...

ah, you may be right there. I thought SAE30 was ISO100 (which would make 75W80/90 much thicker) but I just found this on the engineer's toolbox, looks like different SAE grades apply to ISOs when it's specifically gearbox oil. And here I thought it was already confusing! So since the manual...

I was just going to get a couple of Goldenrod oilers - KBC has them for about $25 I think, so if I get their way oil I'll probably grab a couple. I've been a longtime watcher of the Blondihacks youtube channel and that's what she uses - she has one that she turned down to a point for general...

I found that one as well - it's on my short list as it's a good price, the right weight... I just wish it was 1L instead of 1gallon, haha! I searched high and low to see if I could just use their spindle oil for the gears but it seems like I can't, otherwise they would have been the perfect...

I've been running around in circles on this and I want to put it to bed so I can get to using my new lathe! I bought a CX706 from Busy Bee and the manual states to use a 20W machine oil for everything except the gearbox, and Mobilgear 627 in the gearboxes (apparently this is now called Mobilgear...