[Steam-engine] Oilers for Crosshead slides

[Blake]

Bar and chain oil would work well too. Be sure to get the sticky 
kind.

As far as cylinder oil goes, does anyone know the exact recipe for 
it? I work in a fatty acids plant where they process beef tallow 
and other fats.

Blake


On Tue Jun 28 18:17:31 PDT 2005, Jim Showers 
<steamcar at hereintown.net> wrote:

> I use gear oil for the oilers on my Peerless.  It is thicker and 
> will not run off as fast as hot 30 weight oil will.  Originally 
> cylinder oil was reccomended, but that was when it was cheap and 
> plentiful to get.
> Jim Showers
> 1911 Peerless TT
> 1921 Stanley Touring
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>>  G'day all;
>> Well assembly has started on the vertical Wach's and we would 
>> like to install drip oilers for lubing the crosshead slides.
>> 
>>  Were oilers ever used in this application and what type of lube 
>> would be best for this type of application?
>> 
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