I can't remember the company, but one rotary valve maker machined a spiral channel down the length of the spindle. It was simple to put a drop of oil there and have it flow the entire length. The spiral did not interfer at all with the rotation of the spindle. Now I remember: Here is its. But in this version it is a bit more complex than the simple spiral channel.
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Wisemann 900: problem with valve caps solved.
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PaulMaybery
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Re: Wisemann 900: problem with valve caps solved.
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Michael Bush
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Re: Wisemann 900: problem with valve caps solved.
I got the needle oiler, but I'm going to wait a bit to drill the holes (or have you drill them), as my mind is about 80% made up to sell the Nirschl and climb back down the ladder to a tuba more in proportion to my actual playing. So I don't want to freak out potential buyers. But whatever is next (or the Nirschl if I keep it) is getting holes in the caps.bloke wrote:worms...??Michael Bush wrote:This seems like such obvious good sense that I keep thinking there has to be a reason tubas aren't made like this. What could go wrong down the road?bloke wrote:...so I carefully measured and drilled c. 3mm holes on the player's side of each of the caps really close to the interior casing walls. A needle oiler sends valve oil down the casing walls without unscrewing the caps.
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bort
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Oh I don't know, maybe the syringe of oil kind of freaks people out a bit?
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Michael Bush
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Why? I get why holes in the top caps would. Bloke's picture freaked me out a bit at first. But the oiler?bort wrote:Oh I don't know, maybe the syringe of oil kind of freaks people out a bit?
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bort
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Re: Wisemann 900: problem with valve caps solved.
Whatever, my tuba was oiled at the factory.bloke wrote:...says the guy with the rotary valve tuba.bort wrote:Oh I don't know, maybe the syringe of oil kind of freaks people out a bit?
But really, I think a syringe of oil is just going to seem strange to some people, and in terms of mass appeal, using a little plastic bottle is unsurprisingly much more approachable. Either that, or I spent too many years living in needle-drug cities. It's like I'm shooting up my tuba with oil so it can get its fix for the day. You do NOT want to run into a dope-sick... er... oil-sick tuba.
