‘Grease nipples’ and oiling

[Roger ClarkParticipant @rogerclark]

I'm restoring a Denham Junior mk2 lathe and I think it was the case of if it moves oil it!!!

I dont have a problem with this regime but I seem to have an issue with doing it. The oiling points look like grease nipples and there's no way my oil cans will fit so am I missing something here or is there a cunning plan that I don't know of?

Cheers

Roger

[Roger ClarkParticipant @rogerclark]

[David Standing 1Participant @davidstanding1]

You need one of these:

 

**LINK**

 

 

Edited By David Standing 1 on 01/10/2017 22:02:47

[David Standing 1Participant @davidstanding1]

Or, if you are feeling flush, one of these:

**LINK**

[Ian Skeldon 2Participant @ianskeldon2]

Or if you want to hang onto your hard earned, one of these…**LINK**

[David Standing 1Participant @davidstanding1]

Posted by Ian Skeldon 2 on 01/10/2017 22:08:40:

Or if you want to hang onto your hard earned, one of these…**LINK**

Ooh, might have to get one of those myself! Ta

[charadamParticipant @charadam]

Or one of these:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CONICAL-GREASE-GUN-NIPPLE-CONNECTOR-LUMATIC-CC1-1-8-BSP-/260788333096?epid=1688241237&hash=item3cb8322a28:m:mRucCzmWrdbpVjuL55DJLBg

[Mark RandParticipant @markrand96270]

I have three of the Wanner oil guns, each of which is used with a different oil or fitting. They are far superior to the Tecalemit oil guns that were suppied with Myford lathes, which is a shame, since Tecalemit have been in business for many years.

[Alan Johnson 7Participant @alanjohnson7]

See Barry Forrest's design in MEW July 2011, Issue 178, Page 48 "An Oiler for the Myford Lathe." I made one, and it works very well.

[Harry WilkesParticipant @harrywilkes58467]

Posted by David Standing 1 on 01/10/2017 21:58:37:

You need one of these:

**LINK**

I purchased one of the above and although it worked it leaked like a sieve when not in use I need to stand it in a container !

H

Edited By David Standing 1 on 01/10/2017 22:02:47

[JohnFParticipant @johnf59703]

Posted by David Standing 1 on 01/10/2017 22:34:09:

Posted by Ian Skeldon 2 on 01/10/2017 22:08:40:

Or if you want to hang onto your hard earned, one of these…**LINK**

Ooh, might have to get one of those myself! Ta

Yep these are the business — I bought a mega expensive one from original Myford and it lubricates me more than the machine — since then a Press parts one and its a revelation no contest in my book !

[David Standing 1Participant @davidstanding1]

Ian/John

I have just ordered a Press Parts one – thanks!

[Roger ClarkParticipant @rogerclark]

And I've just ordered a Press Parts one too, thanks to all who replied

Roger

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

NAAAAAAAH! yer all wrong, I got one of these http://shop.hle.co.uk/shop/grease-equipment/oil-equipment/oil-guns-9/side-lever-oil-gun.html From Nipple Shop, you also have to buy a flexy pipe and a nipple clamp (ooh er missus) from the aforesaid nipple shop, but what a tool (fnaar fnaar). I used it to clear all the grease from my Harrison mill, and what a difference it made, and the pressure, oh oh, I think I am going for a sit down!

Seriously, it does the job, and doesn't leak.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

If they used these, you could get away with a £4 oil can…

[David Standing 1Participant @davidstanding1]

My Press Parts oiler turned up today, precisely 24 hours after I ordered it online! Now that's what I call service.

I was out this evening, so haven't had the chance to try it yet……..

[martin107Participant @martin107]

Posted by JohnF on 02/10/2017 11:08:38:

Posted by David Standing 1 on 01/10/2017 22:34:09:

Posted by Ian Skeldon 2 on 01/10/2017 22:08:40:

Or if you want to hang onto your hard earned, one of these…**LINK**

Ooh, might have to get one of those myself! Ta

Yep these are the business — I bought a mega expensive one from original Myford and it lubricates me more than the machine — since then a Press parts one and its a revelation no contest in my book !

Me to I used to buy parts for printing machines off them, I found the pump looking for a Heidelberg one as I used them many years ago.

[thaiguzziParticipant @thaiguzzi]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 03/10/2017 09:40:50:

If they used these, you could get away with a £4 oil can…

Indeed.

95%, nay probably 99% of machine tools use these ball oilers. Work perfectly, cheap, easy to replace.

So, I read all these oil gun/Myford oiling problem threads and think what is the problem? Then I see a picture of a Myford oil fitting…..

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

I think the idea behind the Myford oil nipples and matching gun is that the oil is pumped in under pressure from the oil gun, thus flushing out swarf that has got under the carriage and between the ways. The normal ball type oil fittings don't do this. They just let a few drops from a normal oil can dribble through and mix with any trapped swarf to form a nice grinding paste.

Whether Mfyord's flushing theory works or to what extent I have no idea. Their beds do seem to wear, but whether the correct oil gun was used religiously by previous owners over the past 40-60 years, nobody knows.

[I.M. OUTAHEREParticipant @i-m-outahere]

I fitted my asian made mill with grease nipples as oiling points and modified an old grease gun to pump the oil in and it works perfectly .

All i did was blank the end of the grease canister off so it creates an oil can and use the air bleed plug on the pump head to fill it , i have seen some modifications on the intrnet for the grease nipple coupling but never ended up doing it as the standard grease coupling works just fine with oil .

Guy leutard was the inspiration for that modification .

May be a problem with a myford as there is that oil point in the back pulleys and getting a grease coupling on and off could be a problem .

[Douglas JohnstonParticipant @douglasjohnston98463]

The use of a grease gun for oil works very well. I suffered for years with the old Myford oil gun which leaked oil everywhere and never sealed properly on the nipple. I just removed the plunger from the grease gun, sealed the hole in the end cap with JD Weld and put oil inside. You have to hold the barrel of the gun vertically so that the oil is gravity fed into the pumping chamber. You get that satisfying feeling of oil being forced into the nipples.

Doug

[BizibilderParticipant @bizibilder]

Just received a Press Parts oiler – filled it with H32 oil and……………..oil in all the right places and no leaks. Brilliant bit of kit – Thank you!

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