mcload
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Nov 5, 2007
- Location
- Houston, Texas
To each their own..but I've never looked back since using spray-on chain lube in areas not subject to swarf. Drive gears ("C" oil slings off in a matter of hours), rack (good luck trying to oil the underside of the rack any other way, and some of the back of the apron that's really not accessible any other way.
Quoting from "Tobnpr" on another thread (below, on "Lubrication"), he does bring up an interesting point about the underside gib at the
end of the saddle. How exactly IS it suppose to get oil? By rubbing an oil-soaked rag under the back surface every once in awhile?
Or was it simply a "non-issue" that didn't require any attention? I checked the "Official Lubrication Chart for 9" and 10" Lathes"
on my wall (yes, I'm a sick man!), and there is no mention or even any arrows to this gib....I mean, where's the love?!
Before writing this thread, I couldn't even find this gib in my list of parts to see what official name to use....I didn't see
it anywhere. Perhaps my list is incomplete? I don't know. But you would think this part that
warrants a machined surface would be an important part of the overall "system" of the saddle.
How tough would it be to have an oil hole somewhere back there for an occasional quirt of lube? Maybe a GITS oiler on top surface
of saddle would simply get in the way back there, or get knocked around during production work. Little brass oiling tube....out of the question.
This gib DOES have an affect on the amount of drag on the saddle, and therefore, ALL of the drive gears/parts in the apron.
I think I'll add a slip of paper on my Lub Chart not to forget this!
Seems that an enterprising young man that dabbles in 3D-printed parts (and who reads these threads/website), could come up with
a FELT wiper system to attach to either the gib itself, or perhaps a unit that spans both ends just gets pushed back and forth.
It would have an oiling hole on top to saturate the felt pad on the underside surface.
Just something to think about. Did SB neglect this?
Opinions/thoughts?
(Yes, too much time on my hands)
PMc
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