Newbie- Need help with my first lathe

[Futterama]

Hello forum,

I'm new to this forum, and just bought my first lathe - a Weiss WM180V.

Link: http://www.weiss.com.cn/products/wm180v.php

I have worked a bit with lathes before in school some years ago.

I have read through the manual, and there are expressions I don't find familiar, and need an explanation for. The manual is english, and my native language is danish.

Here we go:

The manual says: "Clean all components of the end gear assembly and coat all gears with heavy, non-slinging grease."
What is non-slinging? In the lubrication section of the manual, it says "Lubricate the change gears and the leadscrew with a lithium-based grease."
So I need a "heavy lithium non-slinging grease" for all the gears and the leadscrew or should I apply different kind of grease for the non-changeable gears and the change gears/leadscrew?

I would guess that "heavy non-slinging grease" is a thick, non-fluid-like grease that creates "hair-strains" between the rotating gears. Am I right?


Since the lathe is manufactured in China, it's kind of dirty. Would I be doing something wrong in disassemble the lathe and clean contact surfaces (with diesel fuel/kerosene as the manual recommends) and then re-lube the surfaces with the recommended "20W machine oil"? The lathe will be stored inside the house and moved outside or to a workshop when used.


Hmm, that's about the questions I've got right now. I just figured out what "taper" was when looking through the manual again :-)

I'm sure more questions will come when I start using the lathe. But I also have a forum in my native language for that kind of help.


Thanks.

Best regards,
Futterama

[sansbury]

This is a good site for getting started with your mini-lathe. Yours looks slightly different than the typical Sieg 7x12 but the same procedures should apply.

http://www.mini-lathe.com/Mini_lathe/Start/start.htm

Most people use regular white lithium grease like you find in any hardware store. I use it only on the concealed parts that don't see light very often. Everything else gets motor oil.