[Steam-engine] Oiler injector for our Wach's

[Richard Strobel]

I appreciate it Andre'..and enjoyed reading the text.  Now this brings up 
another question...Lots of these old oilers required condensation to raise 
the level of the oil so it would flow out into the steam.  But for now I 
will use compressed air, so am I forced to use a mechanical injector like 
Francis spoke of before?

RickinMt.







----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andre' Blanchard" <andre at usermail.com>
To: "Steam-engine mailing list" <steam-engine at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Steam-engine] Oiler injector for our Wach's


> Here is a web page with some info on displacement cylinder
> lubricators.  It's purpose is to dispel some myths about Mccoy lubricators
> (mostly who did it first) but it shows some of the different types.
> http://www33.brinkster.com/iiiii/mccoy/
> Another page.
> http://www33.brinkster.com/iiiii/mccoy/transactions/friction-steam.html
>
> All kinds of info from Australia.
> http://www.steamengine.com.au/misc/lubrication/lubricators.html
>
>
> By the way the McCoy 1872 and the one by John Sees 1863 were connected to
> the cylinder and worked to some degree on pressure pulses to control how
> much oil was delivered.  The harder the engine was working the more oil it
> got.  I assume that the valve was lubed by the oil carried out with the
> exhaust steam, this would not work very well with four valve engines like 
> a
> Corliss, as only the exhaust valves would get lubed the steam valves
> quickly be in trouble.
>
>
> At 02:06 PM 4/21/2005, you wrote:
> >I'd sure appreciate any diagrams and instructions you may have handy. 
> >After
> >reading your response it dawned on me that naturally the oil would go 
> >into
> >the steam before it hits the valve chest.  After all that's what lubes 
> >the
> >slide valve also, correct?
> >   I cannot find anything on Manzel either but sounds interesting.
> >
> >Thanks for taking the time, Francis!!
> >
> >RickinMt.
> >
>
>
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