Smithy Midas 1220 LTD - Manual (Page 24)

Open the gearbox door to expose the pick-off gears. Oil the button in the casting behind
the D gear. Then put a few drops of oil on the teeth of all the gears. Grease the zerk on
the A gear shaft.
Check the sight glass under the chuck. If necessary, add oil until it is half full. The oil fill
plug is at the back of the headstock above the motor. Be careful not to overfill it. The
gearbox requires only 8 to 10 ounces of oil.
Oiling the Carriage
Lubricate the oil buttons in the cross feed table.
There are two buttons on the left of the saddle for
the bedways and two on the front of the cross slide
for the cross slide ways.
Oil the button in the center of the cross slide.
Put a few drops of oil on the compound slides.
Oiling the Compound Angle Toolpost
Figure 5.8 Oil the buttons along the cross feed table.
Oil two buttons on top of the compound angle toolpost.
Oiling the Apron
Put oil in the button just behind the cross slide hand wheel.
Figure 5.7 Oiling the table
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