Deckel FP1 vertical spindle bronze bushing oiling point
Slowly moving through my twin-lever 1954 Deckel FP1. This unit has the bronze bushing in the vertical head but no oiling points on the front of the head. There is an oiling point on the top of the horizontal support and the lower Z ram has an oil sight level.
I have only found information on the bronze-bushing vertical head with at least one oiling point on the front of the head, which mine is lacking. Is the horizontal drive shaft the only source for oil for this head/spindle? It seems unlikely. What am I missing? If this was just an early iteration, it seems like an easy fix to drill an oiling point(?).
Thanks,
John
Slowly moving through my twin-lever 1954 Deckel FP1. This unit has the bronze bushing in the vertical head but no oiling points on the front of the head. There is an oiling point on the top of the horizontal support and the lower Z ram has an oil sight level.
I have only found information on the bronze-bushing vertical head with at least one oiling point on the front of the head, which mine is lacking. Is the horizontal drive shaft the only source for oil for this head/spindle? It seems unlikely. What am I missing? If this was just an early iteration, it seems like an easy fix to drill an oiling point(?).
Thanks,
John