Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Automatic Lubricator

Blue wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I have a number of different machines, Bridgeport Clone, Horizontal miller,
>Denford lathe and a Harrison 280 CNC. None of these machines have an
>automatic oiler and I was thinking of designing a one sizes fit all system,
>as one thing I'm not great at is remembering the lubricating and I'm soon to
>start CNC'ing all these machines.
>
>Any suggestions for a system design would be most welcome.
>
>

I bought a brand-new lube pump for something like $34 on eBay. Some guy
imports
manual machines and CNCs them, or something, and removes the brand-new
manual
pumps and replaces them with motor-driven oil pumps. He sells them in
batches of
six or so. Otherwise, I think you can probably find similar deals there.
I made a distributor valve that lubes one pair of oil ports in each
position. I don't
have lube metering orifices in this system. But, really, the Bijur
system is pretty
nice, you can pick all the pieces out of a catalog. If you are going to
have a
motor-driven oil system, then the metering orifices are pretty much
necessary, as
the pump delivers a very slow trickle of oil.

Jon