09-16-2012, 06:44 PM
Ed
Steve summed it up before I got on line. The oiler puts the oil under the apron and as I see it the wipers hold it in there. The Summit came with rubber wipers, it has an automatic feeder that pumps oil out of the apron. The tailstock only has wipers on the front, when you feel it getting hard to shove a smear of oil on the ways and pull it back onto it and all is good. The summit even has a wiper seal on the tailstock ram, and the cross slide. They must have felt keeping the swarth out was important.
Steve summed it up before I got on line. The oiler puts the oil under the apron and as I see it the wipers hold it in there. The Summit came with rubber wipers, it has an automatic feeder that pumps oil out of the apron. The tailstock only has wipers on the front, when you feel it getting hard to shove a smear of oil on the ways and pull it back onto it and all is good. The summit even has a wiper seal on the tailstock ram, and the cross slide. They must have felt keeping the swarth out was important.
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Greg
Greg