lathe oiler bottle

[Frank S]

Old lathes have old ways of being oiled.
Every morning the first thing I do is to dribble a little oil on the spindle bearings before start up This insures the bearings do not start up dry. Once the lathe has ran for a few minutes the oil will be transported up from the sump by the gears then along the shaft to the bearings.
Oiling this thing with a plews oiler is how I've done it for years.
I came up with the idea of how to oil it a little faster than with the pump pump pump of the handle of the Plews oiler.
What I did was to take a Pepsi bottle fill it with oil than screw on a cap from a Lucas hub oil bottle push the tip into the oil cup and give the bottle a little squeeze job done move on to the next one

[DIYer]

Thanks Frank S! We've added your Lathe Oiler to our Lathe Accessories category,
as well as to your builder page: Frank S's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Lathe Oiler by Frank S

tags: lathe, oiler

[mwmkravchenko]

Almost makes sense! Now why didn't you think about this 40 years ago?

[Frank S]

Almost makes sense! Now why didn't you think about this 40 years ago?

Just another of those duh moments

[marksbug]

I wood squeze it and...the cap would pop off or split and the lube wood bee all over mee....Ill stick to my leekey oil cans...but I do like your idea.