I bought an oiler from Baileys to put on my Alaskan Mill. It came with no paperwork, so I started putting it on. The bracket was a no brainier but the bolt was perplexing.
I looked on Baileys site and they had a picture but no How To...explanation.
I called Baileys and the fellow who usually answers my stupid questions, said " uh...I'll connect you with someone who's done it". I got voice mail and still haven't gotten a call back.
So...right or wrong, I did it my way. For the benefit of other sawnewbies...here's what I did:
Measure the Rings on the bolt and the depth of the groove on the blade. On the bottom edge of the blade and as close to the end as you can get without interfering with the sprocket, measure so the edge of the bolt rings will just clear the bar groove without penetrating.
Center punch and drill on a drill press.
Use a Dremel tool with a cutoff blade and carefully so you don't mar the groove, cut down and open a gap between the bar groove and the hole you drilled.
Use a very small diamond ball bit in the Dremel to clean up the opening.
Install the bolt and your done..(I don't think it matters but....I made sure one oil hole in the bolt was facing the opening in the groove).
Done!
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I looked on Baileys site and they had a picture but no How To...explanation.
I called Baileys and the fellow who usually answers my stupid questions, said " uh...I'll connect you with someone who's done it". I got voice mail and still haven't gotten a call back.
So...right or wrong, I did it my way. For the benefit of other sawnewbies...here's what I did:
Measure the Rings on the bolt and the depth of the groove on the blade. On the bottom edge of the blade and as close to the end as you can get without interfering with the sprocket, measure so the edge of the bolt rings will just clear the bar groove without penetrating.
Center punch and drill on a drill press.
Use a Dremel tool with a cutoff blade and carefully so you don't mar the groove, cut down and open a gap between the bar groove and the hole you drilled.
Use a very small diamond ball bit in the Dremel to clean up the opening.
Install the bolt and your done..(I don't think it matters but....I made sure one oil hole in the bolt was facing the opening in the groove).
Done!
This is Bailey's picture:
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