On the BIL mill the flow of my oil is adjustable from the milling position via a bicycle gear change lever and cable that has 7 click positions and this opens and closes a valve on the oiler.
Hey BobL thanks for the pictures that's a real sweet looking set up, very convenient having the gear lever by the milling handle.
Thats a black poly irrigation fitting and a piece of threaded rod through the piece of steel strap. This enables the height to be adjusted so the gap is ~1/16" so the oil does not drop but wicks out direct onto the bar/chain.
It was great seeing how you attched that to the bar clamp. I had an extra air tool fitting and thought it would also work great and then thought about using the articulating style as seen on the gun here. My thoughts were it would just hang straight down if the vibration effected it otherwise I would be really able to dial in the wick location and if it stays in place angle it with the chain direction to maybe pull more oil into the chain. I just have to add a threaded piece to put the nuts on and control the height as shown in the one you made your friend.
Sufficient B&C oiling is important in keeping the bar cool specially in dry wood. In some of the stuff I mill more resin from the wood is extracted by hotter chain and this clings to the chain like glue making it even hotter due to the increased friction. To counteract this, when the cut is finished I let the oiler run with the chain running out of the wood at its slowest seep so it doesn't fling off any oil - once the chain is glistening with oil I stop, refuel and do my chain touch. By the start of the next cut any remaining hard oiled resin has softened and just peels off in the first inch or so of the new cut.
Some more great advice, I have noticed some build up on my chains as well even tho the wood has been old. I was tending to shut my drip off as I got to the end of the cut to drain the line and not make a mess but I understand now how it would be beneficial to leave on a bit .
Where in NE are you? I venture between VT and western MA.
I'm in south eastern CT, Takes two hours to get to Mt. Monadnock, or Mt Greylock. I used to get out your way alot more for hiking and camping but were over run with babies right now. Crawford notch campground was four hours away and Acadia was about eight with gas stops and lunch. How about your self?