On 9 Jan 2015 02:37:31 GMT, "DoN. Nichols"
wrote:


There is a great fitting on it

You mean "grease fitting"? Done in by a spelling checker? :-)

But certain quality machine tools (e.g. Deckel, IIRC) have
grease fittings for oil.

Generally grease fittings have a bulb end with a smaller diameter
between it and the threaded end so the end of the grease gun nozzle
will "clamp" on it.

Oil fittings will look very very similar..but generally not have a
reduction in size between the end and thread.

The oil dispenser simply butts up against the end of it and as you
push the end of it..it feeds oil into it.

A young fellow I know filled the spindle bearings of a German second
ops lathe with grease while cursing the **** poor design of the
fittings. I er..."he" had to drill a hole in the headstock to let the
LARGE amount of oil thinned grease piddle out over the next 8
yrs...with lots of oil pumped into it during that time to thin out the
grease.

But it was...very good grease.

Sigh

Gunner

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