Bought this more for my son. Start from the basics and add on. This machine was owned by a retired fellow and is as new as I could find after looking for almost a year. Power feed will be the first mod. Wife was cool enough to let us go on Mother's Day to pick up. Hence the name.
Saw one today on another mill, nice feature and time saver.
Easier to buy a right angle attachment! Good one!
That's exactly what I was concerned about. The lines are so small and some one those bends are tight. The oiler line schematic looks like spaghetti. I would like to flush with something kroil or Kerosene. I'll crack open one line and see how it looks. Thanks
Hey Thanks! Your comment nudged me this morning to go at the oil lines early this morning. I sprayed all the exposed ways down with Areokroil and tried to loosen the fittings. As I tried to turn it appeared the line was torquing and stuck. I sprayed all the fittings and left the shop for a couple hours. When I started back all the fittings broke loose easily. The first one I took apart clean oil came out, so that was a good sign. I went ahead and removed the oil distributor and pump along with a few connecting lines. Started at the pump, after cleaning and adding oil I pumped and nothing came out. I figured it might have to prime, then pow! Oil shot 14ft. I reassembled the lines with flow regulators and everything appeared free flowing and clean. Checking out those regulators I could see the small holes that restrict the flow. I could see light through them. I put it all back on and pumped about 5 times. Oil leaked out of all the ways. I made a mess but that confirmed success! It's good to get that done. Thanks again for your offer, I've never worked on lines that small and could see things going bad with little effort!
Good job, but you shouldn't see light through those restrictors. If you can see light, it means they're stuck open. They are meant to open briefly when the right pressure is applied. If replace them. I might have some if I knew the thread you're using.
