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Open gear lube??

I believe type 32 hydraulic oil is about 10 weight if you have some about. Would carry you through till finding other. Even a shot of WD40 or such would be better then air.
 
I used compressor oil from Canadian Tire on mine; seemed to work OK. I believe a lot of people use hydraulic oil.

These old metal lathes should be dripping and flinging oil everywhere when in use. IMHO, pretty much any oil is better than too little oil.

Craig
(I did buy actual way oil from KBC but used it for metal-on-metal sliding parts. Not gears.)
 
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