CountryBoy19
Stainless
- Joined
- Aug 14, 2012
- Location
- Bedford, IN
After month (literally months) or rolling around in my head how to do this I think I had an epiphony today. Just want to run it past those more experienced and get a few questions answered.
There are currently oil passages in my saddle that direct oil from the one-shot oiler to the dove-tail of the cross-slide but they do not oil the flats. I've pondered for months about the best/proper way to get oil from the existing oil passages to the flats. Nearly all the solutions were a compromise until today, when looking at my saddle it occurred to me that I do not have to use the existing passages. In the photo below I highlighted a wire in red that is sticking in the passage that comes from the apron. The red arrow points to the hole where the oil comes out at the dovetail.
It occurred to me that I can drill a 2nd passage from the apron, paralleling the existing passage (but offset by about 1"). It will come out right in the flat of the saddle as shown by the red circle in the picture below. My question is as follows. My oil grooves will be in the cross-slide (shorter member) and I plan to use the Z-type grooves. To ensure I don't have to park the cross-slide in a certain spot to get oil to the grooves, should I make 1-2" long groove in the cross-slide that parallels the movement (not ideal) or make a cross-groove in the saddle (as shown by the green line in the picture below) even though it it possible this groove could be exposed if the cross-slide is moved forward enough.
There are currently oil passages in my saddle that direct oil from the one-shot oiler to the dove-tail of the cross-slide but they do not oil the flats. I've pondered for months about the best/proper way to get oil from the existing oil passages to the flats. Nearly all the solutions were a compromise until today, when looking at my saddle it occurred to me that I do not have to use the existing passages. In the photo below I highlighted a wire in red that is sticking in the passage that comes from the apron. The red arrow points to the hole where the oil comes out at the dovetail.
It occurred to me that I can drill a 2nd passage from the apron, paralleling the existing passage (but offset by about 1"). It will come out right in the flat of the saddle as shown by the red circle in the picture below. My question is as follows. My oil grooves will be in the cross-slide (shorter member) and I plan to use the Z-type grooves. To ensure I don't have to park the cross-slide in a certain spot to get oil to the grooves, should I make 1-2" long groove in the cross-slide that parallels the movement (not ideal) or make a cross-groove in the saddle (as shown by the green line in the picture below) even though it it possible this groove could be exposed if the cross-slide is moved forward enough.