Wick Oiler for the Atlas 10F

 Based on work done by other I am making a wick oiler for the Atlas front spindle bearing.
The original oiler is a light press fit spring loaded flip up cap.  The new oiler will be loosely based on this drawing.

It will be using a solid copper wire instead of a cloth wick.   Thes cups will not hold much oil.  Most of my sessions are 2 hours or less.  Note that one can stop the oil flow by removing the wike aka wire.

The center post has been machined from a 1/2" diameter length of all thread.  One end has been turned down to fit in the bearing cap.  The other is drilled out to take the wick and allow one to squirt oil directly into the bearing.  This went well.

Using an odd chunk of aluminum I machined a cup that threads on the center post.  The pot has to fit next to the guard over the spindle so it is limited to a diameter of about 1.2".  It did not machine well and although I used the specified 27/64ths bit the fit is sloppy.   May use this as a proof of concept but it is not good enough to keep.   Thinking of making one from steel.  

More to come.

The wire did not drip.  Neither did a section of cord from a window shade.  Thinking....