On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 11:56 AM, John Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:
> I had previously tied my oil pump to the run signal on my VFD, so when > the machine was running, lube pump was running. > > The lube pump works with a cam raising an oiler, then letting the > spring/gravity drive the pump to push the oil out. > > My understanding is that it's pretty common to oil way too much on > these bridgeport series 1 BOSSV if you leave the pump running all the > time, which has proven to be the case for mine, as my floor will > attest. > I have never hooked mine up because inside the box there is the standard manual oiler handle and a clock motor. I use the manual handle. I vaguely remember being able to change the timing on the clock motor, but it's been a long time. Even with just doing it manually on occasion, I still get oil overflow, particularly in the head. When I got the machine, I replaced all the oil limiting valves, that helped the distribution but not the volume. Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
