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    Ball screw nut - grease or oil?

    I am doing a cnc conversion on a bench mill (rf-45). Should I hook my ball screw nuts up to an automatic oiler system (which will oil my ways too) or a grease system? They have a small hole on the flange and look like this -
    http://www.cnballscrew.com/uploads/201715352/double-nut-ball-screw58551976184.jpg

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    Re: Ball screw nut - grease or oil?

    Quote Originally Posted by j3dprints View Post
    I am doing a cnc conversion on a bench mill (rf-45). Should I hook my ball screw nuts up to an automatic oiler system (which will oil my ways too) or a grease system? They have a small hole on the flange and look like this -
    http://www.cnballscrew.com/uploads/201715352/double-nut-ball-screw58551976184.jpg

    You will need way oil for the ways, Vectra 22 ( Mobil ) is the norm or the same from a different manufacture, the Ballscrew can be either oil or Grease the correct Ballscrew Grease Is also needed if Grease is used
    Mactec54

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