Drip/sight feed lubricator.

[Alyn Foundry]

Can anyone recommend a decent looking drip/sight feed lubricator please?

I’ve visited Reeves website but there are no photos available for their products, can anyone help? Other sources are rather pricey for what they offer.

After just a couple of weeks from receiving the castings we managed to coax the 1/3rd scale Robinson Oil engine into life. Very rough around the edges as I had to make several modifications to get the compression ratio dialled in. The video shows a “ quick and dirty “ first,  sustained test run. Now it needs all those cosmetic, shiny bits to finish the project.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MdSeVslvig" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MdSeVslvig</a>

  Graham.

[Jo]

They are all made to the same basic design so you may as well buy them cheap from China directly.

M8 mount:       https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185330462923?hash=item2b268e70cb:g:RFUAAOSwQaFiRlcx

or cheaper a M10 one: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/384770833460?hash=item599620fc34:g:y2sAAOSw9KZiRlcB

This guy is even cheaper with a wider selection: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284402116668?hash=item4237afe83c:g:lmAAAOSwaVFgne3e


You will have to wait a few weeks for the snail to bring them 

Jo

[Alyn Foundry]

Thanks Jo.
I used to buy those in batches of 100 some 30 odd years ago. They were Brass plated, it was a very special plating that rubbed off if you tried to polish them…. 

I was more interested in seeing what Reeves had to offer, there’s no image available on their website. Can you, or anyone help please?

  Graham.

[Jasonb]

You want something decent like this one 



Looks the part on a Robinson

[Jasonb]

Forrest do the solid brass PM Research ones but a bit spendy.

https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/v156/jasonballamy/Hit%20n%20Miss/Robinson%20X-Type/.highres/DSC02934_zpsd5r8m124.jpg

Similar cost to RDGs solid brass ones but at least they ARE bsp

https://www.rdgtools.co.uk/acatalog/Drip_Feed_Oilers.html

[Admiral_dk]

Great to see a first run     

Per

[Alyn Foundry]

Great to see a first run     

Per

Thanks Per.
Not quite the first, there were several runs prior to the video. However this was the first one that lasted for any serious length of time.

I was under the possibly misguided approach that I needed lot’s of compression for the engine to run. This turned out to be a bad thing. It was only after the curator of the museum removed the cylinder head that all was revealed. ( see photo )  A new piston, a shorter conrod and a much larger hole between the cylinder and head made all the difference. I’m now able to start the engine with a pull on the flywheel.

I don’t know if anyone knows but the model has been built from just photos and lots of measurements, this is a first for me. Normally I would have the engine available to work from.

I’m still looking for an answer to my original request, does anyone have a picture of the Reeves lubricator?

  Graham.