G'day again Rance.
Regarding the oiling. I bought some cheap squirt type oil cans for
AUD2.00 ( USD1.50 or S80p )from the cheap goods store. Where-ever you
are you must have access to such stores. In Oz we have a veritable
rash of them. full of low cost imitations of quality goods with
unlikely sounding names.
The said oil cans had a steel tube spout with a crudely formed nozzle
on the end. I managed to extract the tube from the pump without
wrecking anything and cut off the nozzle. A scrap of brass rod was
drilled out with a fine hole, one end was turned down to make a tight
fit in the end of the tube and the other end turned to a long taper.
The new nozzle was soldered to the tube and the tube forced back into
the pump.
We now have a pump type squirt can with a fine nozzle which fits into
the ball oilers.
Four oil cans reside by my lathe with the following contents: cutting
oil (Tap Magic), lub oil (for the bearings), medicinal parafin oil
(for the ways) and used chip frying oil (cutting oil for mild steel).
I seem to have made a "thing" for collecting lubricants because there
is also spray RP7 (Like WD40), spray white grease, spray silicon lube
I use it now on the change gears) and some Castrol greaee that was
meant to be suitable for plastics (change gears). I forgot the
molibdenum grease which I use sparingly on lead and feed screws, I
must get some Molyslip oil additive because the grease holds swarf.
Collecting oils, tools etc is all part of the fun!!!!
One good turn deserves another.
Regards,
Ian
--- In 7x12minilathe@..., "rancerupp" <rupps@...> wrote:
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Anyone know what is needed to oil it via the oil ports with check
valves?
Rance
