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

[James Mackessy]

Rick;
     If you are using compressed air, you may want to get a pneumatic
lubricator,
that bleeds oil into the line. Regular cylinder oil won't work right for air
as it
depends on the temperature of the steam to be properly dispersed. I have an
engine that I run at home on air and at shows on steam. On steam I use a
displacement oiler, at home I use an air line lubricator, it looks like a
filter with
a small dial on it. Cylinder oil in the former, SAE 20 in the latter.
     One thing I can tell you, is there is a lot more power on steam than
there is
with air. Consequently, when the governor is adjusted to run 200 RPM on air,
she will go like a bat on steam if I don't readjust the governor. I always
run air
after a day of steaming to push the water out and to leave a good coat of
lube
on the cylinder. Good Luck with your engine!
Best Regards;
Jim Mackessy
Syracuse, New York
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Strobel" <Richard_Strobel7 at msn.com>
To: "Steam-engine mailing list" <steam-engine at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Steam-engine] Oiler injector for our Wach's


> 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.
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> ----- 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
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> > 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.
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> > 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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