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Deckel FP1 Oil Level Sight Glass

Degull

Aluminum
Joined
Feb 3, 2014
Location
Toronto Canada
Hi everyone. I am cleaning up and changing the oil on my FP1, getting it ready for sale. The oil level glass is dark and pretty much useless. I was going to replace it with a Kipp K0446.2420. The original oil level glass installed on a tapered surface. The Kipp replacements look like they are installed on flat surface. Are there different versions of oil level sight glass for the FP1?

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I took the cover off the side and found a metal housing over the sight gauge. There are some tool marks on the metal housing, looks like some gorilla was trying to remove the sight glass.

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Your machine may have been modified, either to make the sight glass more visible or to make use of a non-standard one.

The standard Deckel sight glasses are 20mm diameter and can either be glued in place or pressed in with an o-ring seal. Some more information is here:

https://www.practicalmachinist.com/...-deckel-fp1-sight-glasses-322642/#post2796854

and here:
How to Clean the Oil Sight Glass?

[EDIT] I just saw that Franz Singer has these for sale:
Olschauglas, Olauge D20 z.B. fur Deckel Frasmaschine | eBay
 








 
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