[Steam-engine] oil/

Tue May 23 06:13:14 PDT 2006

There are also holes drilled from the reservoir into
the bearing.  I assume that you put cotton waste into
these holes to oil the bearing.  If the oil goes down
through the oil holes why is there a pipe sticking up
in the center of the reservoir?  Maybe the oil holes
were added to the reservoir at a later date??  If this
is a wick oiler does that mean that I would have to
retract the wick from the tube when I stop running and
want to stop oiling.  There is some kind of redundancy
that i can't figure out here.

--- RBGIBB111 at aol.com wrote:

> That's a wick oiler.  Wool thread is inserted into
> the tube at a level  below 
> the oil level in the reservoir outside the tube. 
> The amount of oil  use is 
> controlled by the depth of the thread inside the
> tube.  Oiling is  stopped when 
> the thread is removed from the tube.  About three
> inches of  light copper 
> wire is typically doubled and twisted, forming an
> eye.  Wool  yarn is threaded 
> into the loop, much like a needle is threaded.   
> Dickie Gibbens
> 
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Andy Glines
Evansville, IN

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