It is currently Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:49 am

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 8 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: Giant button head
PostPosted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 12:44 pm 

Joined: Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:09 pm
Posts: 399
Location: Los Angeles
who or where are the giant button heads for alemite pin grease. Does anyone have old stock or does anyone know of a source?


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Giant button head
PostPosted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 6:01 pm 

Joined: Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:00 am
Posts: 551
Location: Dallas ,Texas. USA
http://www.alemite.com

http://www.alemite.com/catalog/details. ... iantbutton

Is this what you need?

_________________
Loco112 (NarrowGaugeExchange Forum)

Our "paper" archives will be the future railfans only hope. We (yes you too!) should endeavor to preserve all the info needed to allow them 100% accuracy in the building of their recreations.


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Giant button head
PostPosted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 10:27 pm 

Joined: Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:09 pm
Posts: 399
Location: Los Angeles
Doesn't look like it. I need a button head that has one inch male NPT. The button head is about 1.125 but don't have it in front of me right now.


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Giant button head
PostPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 6:21 pm 

Joined: Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:14 pm
Posts: 613
Location: Essex, Connecticut, USA
Greetings:
Illinois Railway Museum has many hundreds with a variety of thread sizes (I know because I sorted and stocked them back in the 70s'.
Steve Butler (262-966-7266) also had hundreds in stock.
Richard Hinebaugh (Steve's grandfather) and IRM split up the Prime Manufacturing Co. stock (buttonhead grease fittings for hard grease and the hand and air powered guns to force the grease into the fittings) in the 60s' when Prime-Alemite got out of the steam locomotive lubrication business.
Good luck,
J.David


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Giant button head
PostPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 8:03 pm 

Joined: Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:09 pm
Posts: 399
Location: Los Angeles
J David,
Thanks you very much. Steven does not have the button head with 1"male NPT so Illinois may.

BobK


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Giant button head
PostPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 8:11 pm 

Joined: Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:14 pm
Posts: 613
Location: Essex, Connecticut, USA
Bob:
As I recall, Prime made an adapter for their female fittings to various male threads. Your machinist could easily make these...
J.David


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Giant button head
PostPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 11:17 pm 

Joined: Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:00 am
Posts: 551
Location: Dallas ,Texas. USA
If the IRM ever ran out of stock or stopped selling them for some reason, they could be easily duplicated ON CNC. A high capacity multi spindle machine could crank them out so fast we'd have about 200 years worth in a few hours, so if they do "go", they are not necessarily gone for good.

_________________
Loco112 (NarrowGaugeExchange Forum)

Our "paper" archives will be the future railfans only hope. We (yes you too!) should endeavor to preserve all the info needed to allow them 100% accuracy in the building of their recreations.


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Giant button head
PostPosted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 3:09 pm 

Joined: Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:09 pm
Posts: 399
Location: Los Angeles
Just spoke with tom a IRM. Great, he has parts and will set us up. thanks everyone who helped


Offline
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 8 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]


 Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 20 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to: