The maintenance instructions for a Jet Drill Press say to "lubricate the gear and rack, table elevation mechanism, the splines (grooves) in the spindle and the teeth of the quill with a #2 tube grease".
What in the world is a #2 tube grease?
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The maintenance instructions for a Jet Drill Press say to "lubricate the gear and rack, table elevation mechanism, the splines (grooves) in the spindle and the teeth of the quill with a #2 tube grease".
What in the world is a #2 tube grease?
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Probably a generic NLGI-2 grease, which is what just about anything you're likely to find at a hardware or auto parts store is.
And for these applications, just about anything that will keep them 'wet' would be fine. Spindle or motor bearings might be another story.
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