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Take the pointy nosed oil can nozzle, shorten it a bit until it fits snugly just inside the oil port hole, and then with a trianglular file..file a slot in the nose of the nozzel. This prevents the ball from blocking the oil coming out of the nozzle if you press it in too deep or hard.

Gunner, who has modified all his oilers in this fashion.

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire. Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us) off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the shit out of you for torturing the cat." Gunner

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Gunner Asch
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Rex,

First, I hope I didn't scare you with the "next machine" crack; just couldn't resist.

Absent expert advice (which you will obviously need to get from other sources), I would be very careful about adding oil ports. Somebody here can probably tell you how to lubricate the thing by other means that will not reduce strength or throw chips into its innerds. It is quite possible that you machine does not have ports because it does need that much lubrication. At a minimum however, I would get some Mobil Vactra 2 and keep the screws and ways covered.

If I were going to modify a machine, I would try for something closer to a one shot system. The problem with ports is that one is never quite sure whether they are full.

I have a Bestline feed on a rebranded RF 31 and am struggling a little with how often to oil the port that it covers. It is not difficult to remove and reinstall, but I hate doing that to it every day :(

Bill

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Bill Schwab

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