[Steam-engine] Wachs vertical Excentric oiling question

[Richard Strobel]

Appreciate the advise James and Ken!!  I guess we're at a dead end now 
trying to figure this out.

  James..there might have been a cap on it.  I've got a parts manual so will 
check that out.  Will also seal the coke bottle to the base.  There is a 
drain hole in the middle of the base.

  Will do the felt trick also..wonder if some pipe cleaners down the tube 
might restrict the flow also.

  Well, we'll continue to march and get this baby goin'..for now I'll be ran 
on air and very slow..will keep a close eye on it.

Thanks again!!
RickinMt.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Mackessy" <jmackess at twcny.rr.com>
To: "Steam-engine mailing list" <steam-engine at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Steam-engine] Wachs vertical Excentric oiling question


> Rick, a lot depends on what you want to do with this engine. If you are
> going to
> run it a few hours at a time lightly loaded at shows, just cutting a felt 
> to
> fit this
> "reservoir" and keeping it saturated with oil will do fine. If you are 
> going
> to use
> it to do some round the clock work, I would hook up a mechanical 
> lubricator
> and
> arrange a copper tube from it to drip into the reservoir as the engine is
> running.
> The latter choice is going to make more of a mess, since the engine frame 
> is
> cast
> open on the bottom and is mounted on the base, I assume without any 
> gasket.
> I
> don't know if there is room to put a tin pie pan or something similar in
> there to
> keep the excess contained for clean up, but if it were mine, I'd try to 
> find
> some
> type of pan, especially after painting her up so nice. When I run, it is
> usually just
> for show, on light work such as a grain grinder. I use the oil can
> liberally, and
> stop the engine to get to any hard to reach spots, then start again. In 
> that
> type
> of situation, I'd put felt up there and saturate it with the oil can, and
> just check
> periodically to make sure things are staying cool. On the little Leffel, 
> the
> eccentric
> strap likes to run warm, requiring an extra turn of the grease cup. It 
> gets
> just
> warm enough to discern a difference from the surrounding parts, I've never
> seen
> it any warmer, even after running fast, the point being that you will 
> detect
> a tight
> bearing or a dry one if you are checking for it.
>      Rick, looking at the close-up picture, it almost looks like the top 
> of
> that
> reservoir was machined flat. Is it possible that there was a thin metal
> cover over
> this between the casting and the bolt head at one time? If the bottom of
> that bolt
> head has a cylindrical part turned on it larger than the shank of the 
> bolt,
> it may have
> been a cover that could be turned to add oil, then turned back. It's just 
> a
> guess from
> what I am seeing, but i would seem to me there has to be more to the story
> than just
> an open top reservoir.Short of finding someone with either an original
> engine or
> literature for one, I think this will remain a mystery and open to your
> individual
> preference for setting it up one way or the other. Interesting, though!
> Best Regards;
> Jim Mackessy
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard Strobel" <Richard_Strobel7 at msn.com>
> To: "Steam-engine mailing list" <steam-engine at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> Cc: "Corky Harris" <mtmidway3 at msn.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 7:47 PM
> Subject: [Steam-engine] Wachs vertical Excentric oiling question
>
>
> > Howdy again gang...real nice day here in the big sky.
> >
> >   I've temporarily assembled the "D" valve operating mechanism and hung 
> > in
> > on the engine hoist and put a pointer on the reservoir for the excentric
> and
> > the pivot on the slide guide.
> >
> > http://community.webshots.com/photo/188300547/383083778FmqXBE
> >
> >   Here's a closeup of the small reservoir.
> >
> > http://community.webshots.com/photo/383083578/383083578uEMmiI
> >
> >   To my knowledge, there are no provisions for automatically filling 
> > this
> > reservoir cup.  The upper bearing surface does show signs of being hot.
> >
> >   This is a dry crankcase, and from the slide guide on down are hidden
> > pretty good by the connecting rod and crosshead.
> >
> > What would your suggestions be for maintaining lube in this so-called
> > Reservoir??
> >
> > TIA
> > RickinMt.
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