Ball oilers

Home Model Engine Machinist Forum

Help Support Home Model Engine Machinist Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.

Holt

Well-Known Member
Joined
Oct 14, 2010
Messages
164
Reaction score
4
I need to replace all the ball oilers on my lathe, i would like this model

3eb4e9751d1b2c3884b1f57a63fc66b3.jpg


I need them with 1/4" pressfit mounting, my normal supplyer only sells metric, anybody knows of a place where i could buy them, preferably within the EU

Holt
 
If anyone could tell me the correct name for this oil nipple, it would make my search much easyer, thanks

Holt
 
Press buttom oilers.

J
 
if you have the ones with threads and they are big enough just turn off the thread to press fit.jonesie
 
Though they may be available in the US, I've not seen them in any of my usual assortment of catalogs. They may well be a European design, and only metric.
 
Mainer, it seems you are right, the D1 oiler, as they are called seems only to be available in metric pressfit you can get them with imperial treads, but not imperial pressfit, i think i will have to settle with these

44083.jpg


From this store http://www.rdgtools.co.uk/acatalog/Button_Oilers.html The price is right, hope the quality are as well. Anyone who knows of this store?

Jason, you posted while i was writing ;D

Holt
 
One major problem with RDG tools is shippingcosts, it seems only expensive fast shipping is possible, and it costs 1½ time the price of the oilers, maybe ill see if there is other items i need that can be send in the same parcel ;D
 
Why not make some, a nice little project. Balls are easy to obtain, just source the small springs from somewhere, retractable pens maybe?

Paul.
 
Paul, at first i didn't like your idea, but after thinking about it for a couple of days, i think i will give it a try, in that way i can make them to fit the countersunk holes, something i can't get if i buy some, no matter what type i buy, there will be places they don't fit. If i make them to same size as the original, they fit everywhere Thm:

Holt
 
The first batch is finished, took me a couple of hours (only 2 are fitted with balls and springs at the moment)
I made ten, but one didn't make it :'(

DSC03003.jpg
 

Latest posts

Back
Top