Lubrication for Hobby CNC Machine
I have a DIY CNC router sporting 1605 ball screws, SBR16 round linear rails, and HGR15 profile rails. I would like to use a single grease for all of these if possible.
This is not a high speed machine and not in continuous use.
So after some research I'm looking at Mobilith SHC 220 grease. Is this a good choice? Should I go perhaps lower viscosity SHC 100? Or some other product?
Re: Lubrication for Hobby CNC Machine
Mobilux EP1 is cheap, and readily available. It's listed in the Hiwin Lubrication manual.
Re: Lubrication for Hobby CNC Machine
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Originally Posted by
ger21
Mobilux EP1 is cheap, and readily available. It's listed in the Hiwin Lubrication manual.
Ah perfect.
https://www.hiwin.com/pdf/lubricating_instructions.pdf
For some reason some of my research steered me away from EP greases.
Got to trust the manufacturer in this case.
Thx!
Re: Lubrication for Hobby CNC Machine
I have always understood that EP or hypoid oils should never be used in gearboxes that used bronze or brass components because the additives can react badly with these metals, I assume this is true of greases as well. Dave