Hi, I'm glad you found the video useful. Welcome to my channel 😁👍

Thanks for the tip Paul. It will keep the surface rust from forming.

Yup, I was a little confused for a bit.

Paraffin here in Australia (and probably UK) is distilled kerosene, less smelly. If you need something that doesn't stink up the shed, odourless unscented lamp oil is the way to go.

Thanks for clarifying Mark.

Hi Bob, the jaws seemed much more even than the screws, I think the jaw threads may have been cast in features with minimal machining. There was no visible variation like the screws. I may make some new screws at some point, the originals look like they were cut (torn) with a very blunt tool.

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Mine replaces itself! Well does half the job anyway. There's a leak somewhere that I need to fix. I must admit it's been running dry for a while now, but I do disengage the gear train when I'm not using it. To answer your question though, probably worth changing the oil a couple of times to get any left over manufacturing grot out, but really with the amount of use it gets on a hobby lathe it probably doesn't need changing. Once every 5 years would probably be plenty as the oil might absorb water from the air.