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I got lucky. In my huge file of poorly labeled photos I was able to find a picture of the motor from my Crafters Station.

You can see the oil cup at 6 o'clock just below the bearing cap. The tiny yellow spot.
On the new motor that I just received from Shopsmith there is no oil cup.

Here's mine, Emerson with lube schedule, but I still don't see the oil cup.
Should I open the motor casing?

(@Dusty, thank you for the updated pictures. anyways, mine is power station, circa 1990. Interestingly, it appears reversible, although there is no 2nd switch to operate TS mode)

Dusty,

Do you just pull out the tiny "yellow" tab and pour oil there?
It says SAE 20 class. Can I use the machine oil which is being used to oil head stock sheaves or shall be SAE 20 class?

I pull the plug(s) and drip machine oil (Zoom Spout) into the hole until it seems to be full. I allow it to set for awhile (until my patience runs out) and do it again. Wow - 150 drops. That's a lot of oil(I never counted the drops) but it is being soaked up by a wad of something vaguely like cotton.

Be careful pulling the plug. I have one with no plug. It broke apart when I tried to pull it and I had to "dig" out the remains.

This discussion reminds me that I have not oiled those two machines since long before I when in for my first surgery. They are a long, long time over due.

Since the new motor has no oil cups, I just had to go looking for the answer. I found it. I don't like tearing into the equipment as much as I once did but "I can do this".

If oiling a motor with go oil cups is your only question, you can slide down to about two minutes and view what I was searching for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHVuTApqBDY

Hope the end caps come off as easily as they did here but I doubt it.

dusty wrote:I pull the plug(s) and drip machine oil (Zoom Spout) into the hole until it seems to be full. I allow it to set for awhile (until my patience runs out) and do it again. Wow - 150 drops. That's a lot of oil(I never counted the drops) but it is being soaked up by a wad of something vaguely like cotton.

Be careful pulling the plug. I have one with no plug. It broke apart when I tried to pull it and I had to "dig" out the remains.

This discussion reminds me that I have not oiled those two machines since long before I when in for my first surgery. They are a long, long time over due.

aha~ if you could take pictures of how you add oil to the cup this time, it'd be very helpful.
thanks.

dusty wrote:Since the new motor has no oil cups, I just had to go looking for the answer. I found it. I don't like tearing into the equipment as much as I once did but "I can do this".

If oiling a motor with go oil cups is your only question, you can slide down to about two minutes and view what I was searching for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHVuTApqBDY

Hope the end caps come off as easily as they did here but I doubt it.

yea, very informative video, indeed. thanks, dusty!