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Dick , are ya sealing the wooden handles with the paraffin ? thanks animal

Good eye Ralph , I didn't notice the chuck in the pic . animal

here here i was a factory maintenence mechanic for 20 years the other thing i do for my lathe is keep a small fan over it it runs 24/7 365 my "shop" has no environmental controls bare steel will rust

For these small lathes, just about anything used for lubrication will suffice.? For example, some buy expensive way oil, but they could use just about anything.? The reason is that the forces, and

More should be said about lubrication on lathes and mills. Lubrication make the lathe and mill last for every. Dave

Paraffin is found in canning. Mineral oil is found in pharmacy I have both on my bench with other oils. 20w and 68w oil is automobile section Cutting oil at hardware store The only oil I can not found

Never had a Real Bull, but have come to the conclusion they are better than SIEG (certainly with the SIEG's I have had). Couple of things - Possibly not completely factual - they appear to use 4 bolts

I would suggest that you remove the 3-jaw chuck and use a dead center that has the same taper as your headstock (usually MT3 on mini-lathes). Similarly on the tailstock (usually MT2).? You've already

Lucky me. All oil fittings came on the lathe as new. Cross slide, tail stock and lead screw bushings. Thank you Real Bull

The generic for paraffin available locally in all Walmart stores. It is ordinary mineral oil. Used by wood turners and fine woodworkers. I use it on wood knife handles. Also wood carvings. Dries once

Here is pint size will along time. I have 1 gal size I purchased in 2001. Dave https://littlemachineshop.com/products/product_view.php?ProductID=6385&category=

I use way lub it made for bed ways and lead screws.

Candle wax Dave https://www.bing.com/search?q=paraffin&setmkt=en-US&PC=EMMX01&form=EPIT2E&scope=web

If it's out side to side ya move the tailstock in the direction that gets it on point? ( no pun intended ) ??? ??? If it's out top to bottom ya need to shim? the tailstock . ??? ??? That

animal…here are 3 photos. Not sure if they help you see my issue. It definitely appears the tailstock needs to be adjusted which I do know how to do but have not tried. Let me know what you

Between this and the video - got it!? Thanks.

I regularly use mineral oil as tapping fluid. Seems to work great and very low odor as well.

in my area the summers are 90+ degreeF and 85 percent humidity an oily surface turns nasty real quick

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Gulf-Wax-Household-Paraffin-Wax-16-oz/10420578?athbdg=L1200

You could probably even just use a wax (some do that on their woodworking tools).? But a very THIN film of oil, which is all you need, is not really much of a chip magnet. Charles E. "Chuck" Kinzer