The automatic oil system on the Tormach 1500 MX has two settings:
Lubrication Interval: How many minutes elapse between lubrication cycles.
Actuation Time: How many seconds the lubrication pump actually pumps oil when it is time to pump.
The factory default has a lubrication of 480 minutes (8hrs) and an interval of 7 seconds. This allows for one full lubrication cycle each day. Just curious what other users are using for actual settings? I am a hobbyist and will only actually run my machine for a couple hours at a time at best.
If you leave it on all day, you want a long interval so it wonât pump oil all the time when you arenât using it. If you turn it on, use it and turn it off again then you can go with shorter intervals.
I installed a power-cord-switch on my 1100 so I could turn the pump on not right at power on since theres often a delay before I run the warmup program. I can also flip the switch off and on again to trigger the oil pump if I think it might need another shot. I do have to remember to turn it on though..
Roy, Ive been wanting to add a toggle switch like you did, Sometimes my mill will sit on for several days while I work on something and I dont want to shut down and as youâre saying, the oiler is just pumping oil into your coolant and wasting the oil.
These are what I was going to buy, but I was just not sure if these cords would work since they are only rated for 120V and our machines are 220V Do you know? OR can you share link/s for the cord and switch you used?
This is the one I have. If were doing it again, I might look for a longer one so I could place the switch more âfront and centerâ. Itâs supposedly good up to 250v, although they all look pretty much the sameâŚ
I bought my 1100M used it had the manual oiler so an aftermarket automatic oiler was one of the 1st things I got for it. I asked Tormach tech about the oiling internals, and Norman told me â12 seconds every 240 minutes.â Not sure if the MX would be the same dont see why it would be different. In my experience, this seems excessive because if the machine is on for a long periods of time âdaysâ its just pumping way to much oil into the system and then it just builds up in the coolant tank but ive not changed it from that point on.
Per my post to Roy Im looking at add a toggle switch so I can easily turn the oiler off when the mill is sitting on for days.
Cool, thank you Roy. I looked and looked on amazon for 220-240V and nothing ever came up only 120.
Im going to add the inline switch and extension cord, cant get to switch if garage door is closed.
I believe all 1100XX machines are dove tail ways and gibs. Those require a much higher amount of lubrication over the linear rails and blocks that the 1500MX has.
The default setting for the 1500MX @100 percent duty cycle is 7 seconds every 8 hours. The directions note that this may be too much for the casual user. This setting is for someone using the machine 8 hours per day. My understanding is that if you run the machine for 4 hours per day, then you should program it for 3 to 4 seconds every 8 hours (see below). I was just curious how other have actually programmed it.
Yea once every day is plenty for 8 hours. If you run 24 hours, every 8 hours is enough. Just make sure when it turns on there is enough time for the oil to get to the top of the oil line and get some oil out. 1 second every hour = 0 oil exiting the jets.
I do one pull a day and if I wash everything down I do one before shutdown and move all the ways to max / min
and wasting the oil.
