On 6/18/2009 8:50 AM Hipupchuck spake thus:

David C. wrote:

I have an undercut/jamb saw, which hasn't been used in years. The
saw was used very little b/4 storing. I opened the case, and found
oil inside the case. The saw wasn't stored flat, the case was
stored upright, which puts the saw on its side.

Since there's no way of getting oil back in the saw, just wondered
if this will present a problem. Will the saw burn up prematurely?


Drill a small hole and tap it. Stick in a grease needle and pump it
full of grease then screw in a screw with a rubber washer. Grease won't
run out so easily.

Well, if you're going to go to all that trouble, why not drill and tap a
hole and install a grease fitting permanently? (That is, if the tool
even takes grease; the O.P. said that oil came out. Grease doesn't
replace oil.)

Me, I'd just take the damn thing apart. Haven't met a power tool yet
that couldn't be dismantled and where I couldn't figure out how to
replenish its lubricant. Not exactly rocket surgery.


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