what is this oil fitting called and how do you oil it?

[sfriedberg]

I've got two tools that will oil these fittings successfully IF the damned fittings worked properly. 85% of the ball oilers on my import lathe flat-out refuse to accept oil, even under pressure and direct injection, and one of my summer projects is to get out the slide hammer and drywall screw and finally yank them all off. Some of them will get replaced with capped oilers and the rest with felt plugs. It would not surprise me to find that some of the oil passages under the oilers were never completely drilled out...

1st tool: I have a number of smallish (4 fluid ounce) squeeze bottles that take Luer Lock needle tips. I use blunt needles to spot apply various lubes with these bottles. Depress the ball with the needle tip (to the side of the ball, not straight into the ball) and squeeze the bottle. I got the bottles and needles from Small Parts before Amazon absorbed them. Still available pretty cheap.

2nd tool: Nice Swiss/German pump oiler with goose neck where I slotted the tip with a 0.045" slitting saw. Depress the ball with the tip (straight in is OK because of the slit) and pump the handle.

 

[Hoey]

I made this little adaptor for my grease gun
Flush Ball Oiler to ordinary Oil Gun Adaptor on Pinterest

 

[projectnut]

Be careful what you replace them with. Most of the time they are used in close tolerance situations. I have several on a shaper, surface grinder and lathe. In each case they are located where either another part passes close to them or your hand cranking a handwheel passes close.

I have a couple scarred knuckles where someone replaced some with the standard Gits flip top oilers. At first I was growling about the poor manufacturing process that allowed the placement so close to a handwheel. When I read the parts manual I found the manufacturer had originally installed the ball oilers. Somewhere along the line a previous owner replaced them with the flip top style. Probably because that's either what they had in stock, or that was what was available on short notice. I have since replaced them all with the original style ball oilers.

 

[Krutch]

One thing I don't like about those types is the ability of debris getting in the chamber behind the ball oilers. They must be cleaned before oiling.

 

[FredC]

The oilers in the earlier posts would only allow dripping a little oil in the ball type oilers on my Hardinge mill. Wanting to force more oil in with a little pressure I drilled a piece of hard plastic(delrin or PEEK) to fit my pump oil can. On the business end I filed a radius. When centered on the ball it does pressurize the fitting, sometimes a little oil leaks out after oiling from the pressure in the passageway.

 

[metalmagpie]

I have a few of those ball oilers on my lathe that don't seem to pass oil at all. Is the right solution to pull the oiler and replace it?

metalmagpie

 

[GEORGIE]

Anyone know where i can get 9mm ball oilers? I took em out and measure the body @ 9.06mm .

Can find on Mcmaster neither on the site posted in this thread

Thanks!

 

[Limy Sami]

Anyone know where i can get 9mm ball oilers? I took em out and measure the body @ 9.06mm .

Can find on Mcmaster neither on the site posted in this thread

Thanks!

Are you sure they weren't 3/8 oilers pressed in to a letter T 0.358 hole ?

 

[Turbowerks]

If you have room put a grease zirk in it and use a push type oiler solves some of the mess and dirt ingestion…. But if other people use this machine you have to train them NOT to used gun grease! Berco grinders have many zirks that require way oil but used machines invariably have grease in them because What else would you put in a zirk.

 

[IceCzar]

I was asking this question the other day. With the added provision of an additional Swiss nipple type oiler boss..
I got pointed to a very pricey but from what I can tell very good oil rated pump can with interchangable tips.

Reilang 01.121/AV Hand Push Oiler for low viscosity oils

✅ Buy your Reilang 01.121/AV Hand Push Oiler for low viscosity oils here ✅ Authorised Reilang dealer ✅ We are engineers ✅ Fast shipping from Germany ✅

www.jensputzier.com

Going to see if I can find a local distributor for Reilang near the jobsite when I head to the EU next month.

 

[turnworks]

I have yet to have any luck with the normal oil can pumps. They just don't seem to have enough pressure. I can put 3 squirts into each ball oiler and never see any oil. Got tired of messing with them and wondering if I got enough oil in so I bought a handful of the import one shot oilers. I just mount it to the machine where I can still reach the ball oiler and the pump handle at the same time.

I use some braided hose with male 1/8" npt threads on each end. Turned down some bar stock with a tip that works best on each machine. Now there is no wondering if I got enough oil in, you can see it pushing out and even squirting out of the ways most times. Over kill with the one shot pump but once done its done and no more worrying if enough oil got in or where you sat down the oil can pump the last time you used it.

 

[farmersamm]

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Been using this style for about 4 years. Works fine. Make sure you get the ones with plastic tips. They seal tightly when placed in the ball hole.

Buy 2 if you have large ball oilers. Snip the tip to make the diameter larger for the hole. Leave the other unmodified for smaller holes

These put out very high pressure, which is what's needed for this style oiler.

 

[farmersamm]

In areas that see a lot of chips, or dust.............place electrical tape over the oilers to keep crud off of them. Despite wiping with a rag, dirt is very often trapped around the ball, and forced into the oil passage.

It's like anything else I guess..........just a matter of getting used to them.

 

[guythatbrews]

I was again cursing the ball oilers today. I have an old usa made eagle oil can with the rigid tube and the little nozzle. I finally looked at the nozzle and it was all bunged up.

It screws on with I think a 1/16 npt thread. I took it off and turned it. It was about 90* included but I made it 120*. Put it back on with pipe dope.

It only took a few minutes and works tons better with this kind of ball oiling point.

I was asking this question the other day. With the added provision of an additional Swiss nipple type oiler boss..
I got pointed to a very pricey but from what I can tell very good oil rated pump can with interchangable tips.

Reilang 01.121/AV Hand Push Oiler for low viscosity oils

✅ Buy your Reilang 01.121/AV Hand Push Oiler for low viscosity oils here ✅ Authorised Reilang dealer ✅ We are engineers ✅ Fast shipping from Germany ✅

www.jensputzier.com

Going to see if I can find a local distributor for Reilang near the jobsite when I head to the EU next month.

If you get one of these let us know how it works please.

 

[IceCzar]

the thought had occurred to me get one when I'm in the EU in March