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bridgeport m head round turret lubrication
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JRIowa
Diamond
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- May 27, 2003
- Location
- Marshalltown, Iowa, USA
See the oil cup? Most use an ISO-32 AW hydraulic oil.
JR
JR
thank you.. i found the hole, oiler is missing, guess the last guy never oiled it.. now its so quiet after i oiled t. but it seems like a bottomless pit, no iedea where all the oil goes that i put in today.. do you think i could repalce oiler conatiner with plastic funnnel? or is that a sealed container of somesort?
JRIowa
Diamond
- Joined
- May 27, 2003
- Location
- Marshalltown, Iowa, USA
The oiler has a wick to limit oil flow. Here's what you need:
Style WC Brazed | GITS Manufacturing
The hard part is finding somebody to sell you ONE.
All BP heads are total lost. The oil just runs through them.
JR
Style WC Brazed | GITS Manufacturing
The hard part is finding somebody to sell you ONE.
All BP heads are total lost. The oil just runs through them.
JR
We had one of those heads on a tracer mill back in the 70's that went through oil like crazy. It also rattled pretty bad. We would put way lube down the draw bar to quiet it down and that would work for a short time. The oiler cup had to be filled every few hours of use to prevent the bearings from getting hot. That tracer mill would run 10 hrs a day so we went through a lot of oil.
M.B. Naegle
Diamond
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- Feb 7, 2011
- Location
- Conroe, TX USA
It helps to just get in the habit of adding a squirt of oil at the beginning of every day or shift. Doing it when you are done will just leave a puddle under the head in the morning.
Oil running through it is not a bad thing though. It's taking dirt and other unwanted particles with it out of the head.
Oil running through it is not a bad thing though. It's taking dirt and other unwanted particles with it out of the head.
Thank you. I bought an oiler. Did T come with internal tube or wick material. Press fitted brass tube inside and used rope for wick. Still flows. Pretty fast. But slower than without wick or tube...
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jim rozen
Diamond
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- Feb 26, 2004
- Location
- peekskill, NY
Unfortunately you bought the wrong one. It should ideally look like this:
Is a standard off-the-shelf, I think this was mcmaster carr.
Is a standard off-the-shelf, I think this was mcmaster carr.
Spyderedge
Titanium
- Joined
- Aug 28, 2013
- Location
- NY
Be sure to lubricate the drive splines. Use a thicker oil such as way oil, and it will stop the obnoxious clanking.
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