You know those old-fashioned drip oilers? A cylinder of glass, clamped between two brass saucers, a needle-valve at the top and a threaded fitting at the bottom, with a nozzle and a little fiber plug so the oil goes drip, drip, drip at a slow and steady rate? Found all over antique machinery, especially on moving parts where connection to a central oil supply would be tricky? Common on steam engines? Used for one of the folk entomology stories about where the phrase "the real McCoy" comes from, a "McCoy Company" being a supposed manufacturer of them?
Amazon sells them. A bunch of different kinds. McMaster-Carr does, too.
I think I want to get some of these and make custom led lighting lamps. Just for fun. 😀
ReplyDeleteYeah, I know those things! Had 'em on some old ironing machines at a commercial laundry where I was plant engineer. The were supposed to lubricate a chain drive, but instead lubricated the floor. I re-rigged into a swipe kinda thing with a felt oiler. Worked fine.Good for a bonus!
ReplyDeleteYep. They are all over the big steam-powered "tractors" as well as the big stationary steam engines used in industry and power generation.
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