I know its probably over kill, but I wanted a one-shot oiler system on the Franken-Drill, as it may become a milling machine again, if the opportunity arises. So I pulled all of the oil buttons out, drilled and tapped all of the holes for 1/8" pipe, then installed all of the fittings and then installed the Enco supplied one-shot oil pump. All of the fitting have a 1/16" orifice, to balance the flow to each port. Primed the pump and now there is oil at all of the required places.
Also during the one-shot oiler installation, I changed the handles on the table ends to 5" diameter solid wheels, with a folding handle. The third handle for the Y axis was backordered and should be here within the next week or so.
Are those handles spring loaded so you don't have to use a tool to fold them?
Ed
I have that type of handle on my Alliant and yes, they are spring-loaded and quite nice when you are using the CNC functions on my machine. At 99 inches per minute (max feed or rapid), the handles would be dangerous spinning around.
Nice job on the oiling system Jack! No overkill, just a great way to preserve the ways from excessive wear.
After drilling and tapping all of the holes, inserted an air gun, with a needle tip all the way into the hole and blow the chips out. I have adequate oil flow at all 7 ports.
The final handle arrived, they were out of the folding handle, its suppose to arrive in about 3 weeks. I had an extra one from the Franken-Mill handle redo, its about 1/2" too long and doesn't fold completely, but will do until the right one arrives.
1 - handle out
2 - handle folded
3 - original handle
