[SEL] More Rusty Iron

[Judge Tommy Turner]

Tom,
    The rod greasers (either self feed or manual feed) were by far the 
most popular method to lube the rod bearing.  A few used the wick type 
lube method where there would be a wick either extending from the rod or 
from a fixed point above the rod.  The wick would wipe oil off of a  
fixed oiler and it would in turn lube the rod.  I know that Fairbanks 
Morse and a couple of other builders used an oil ring where an oiler 
with a tube attached to the bottom would drip oil into a ring attached 
to the crank throw.  Centrifugal force would make the oil sling to the 
outside of the ring and it would then travel into the rod (via a drilled 
hole in the throw) and lube it.  Then there were the rod oilers as I 
mentioned. 

Tommy Turner
Magnolia, Ky



>In a message dated 5/31/2006 3:14:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>lcjudge at scrtc.com writes:
>
><< The rod oilers are a neat 
> feature though. >>
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>
>Thanks Tommy.  I have never seen one and learned something new today, 
>something Millie says we should try to do each day!  I assume they must be fairly 
>rare and worth a little change when found.
>
>Tom Schmutz
>Concord, Va. USA
>Germoamer at aol.com
>
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