Bearing well oil - NEED ADVISE


Recently ran out of oil for the well of my Nottingham Horizon T/T. Does any one know if I can sub. in any other oil than from the manuf.? My thoughts were Black oil (Moly D & Graphite mix.), 3/1 oil, or some other type of very light viscosity oil. All thoughts are welcome. Be nice now!
bluespwr101

Showing 1 response by nsgarch

My favorite (as long as the bearing assembly contains no plastic or teflon parts) is the van den Hul Spindle Oil which is "doped" with zirconium oxide (micro ball bearings).

The zirconium oxide particles prevent actual metal-to-metal contact, reducing wear and lowering the noise floor (or so vdH says :~))

I used some in my Goldmund Studietto, but the old stuff had been in there so long, it had to sound better (right?) and it did!