Adjustable sight oiler with drip reservoir.

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Bruno Mueller
14 Sept 2024, 09:00
Hi guys
I made drip oilers for the cylinder lubrication of my various Hit & Miss engines. The material consists of brass, stainless steel and perspex tubing.
The idea came to me after I got a Musa (Retrol) HM 1 engine.
It has a small oiler for cylinder lubrication.
I took the rough dimensions from it and added a drip chamber.
I used Plexiglas tubing because it is very easy to work with.
Sealing is achieved using two thin NBR O-rings, which were inserted into the two covers.
The drip chamber was mounted together with the lower cover and the connecting tube with the addition of screw lock. The dosing needle was glued into the adjusting nut with Loctide 638.

Some pictures follow.

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Last edit: 14 Sept 2024, 09:23 by Bruno Mueller
Bruno Mueller
Reply #1 · 14 Sept 2024, 09:11
I watched my wife baking and she used a baking flavouring. It was in a small glass vial and had a very nice neck. I thought it would go very well with an oiler.
My wife left me the empty bottle. I cut the neck of the bottle on my small Emco Unimat with a small diamond grinding disc and smoothed the cut edge on a flat diamond plate.
The base plate and lid have different diameters. I used punched-out rings from a pond liner for sealing.
The basic structure corresponds to the oilers as shown above, but with different dimensions.
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Last edit: 14 Sept 2024, 09:21 by Bruno Mueller
Admiral_dk
Reply #3 · 15 Sept 2024, 08:41
The first Design looks Elegant and the later Design looks Victorian or should I say Older ?    :ThumbsUp:

Per    :cheers:
Krypto
Reply #4 · 16 Sept 2024, 02:40
Nice work!  I probably should make an scratch-built oiler for my next, next project and your work provides inspiration.
Bruno Mueller
Reply #5 · 16 Sept 2024, 10:46
Quote from: KryptoNice work!  I probably should make an scratch-built oiler for my next, next project and your work provides inspiration.


#Krypto#
if you want to rebuild the oilers, I also have a drawing for it. the actual idea didn't come from me. I just changed the dimensions and modified the covers a little.

The last oiler with the constriction on the tank glass is slightly smaller . the outer diameter of the glass is 10 mm at the top and 7 mm at the bottom. The connecting tube has a diameter of 3 mm.
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Last edit: 16 Sept 2024, 10:51 by Bruno Mueller

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