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Strange item on Boxford tailstock

Is it for oil?

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Grindstone Cowboy15/02/2020 21:08:36
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img_3200.jpgBeen having a muck about with my newly acquired Boxford C (circa 1959 by the serial number), and found an odd little knurled knob on the top of the tailstock. It just lifts out of a blind hole and has a short rod with a flattened end.

I seem to recall hearing something about oil reservoirs so that you could apply a drop of cutting oil to your centre drill - is this what it is? Seems like you'd constantly be topping it up - it's not a particularly big hole. And I've not found any references to it on the Boxford parts lists either. I'm starting to suspect there may have been a number of design changes over the years, not all documented.

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John Baron15/02/2020 21:29:09
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Yes that is exactly what its for !  Actually the dead centre.

 

Edited By John Baron on 15/02/2020 21:30:25

Grindstone Cowboy15/02/2020 21:41:59
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Excellent, thanks for confirming it thumbs up

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