Thread: Reilang tip for 'K' type nipples

Looks like a bought one, nice work.

Dave

Very nice Phil.
With the pics taken against white it looks "Bobed".

Well it sure looks prettier than a block of Urethane with a hole in it lol

Stuart

p.s. in my defence the Reilang with the block of Urethane with a hole was an older version without a removable tip.

Thanks guys and yes Ewan, Bob has a lot to answer for. Which reminds me, I had better go out and get more lighting and soft reflectors from the photography store

Phil

Phil
Im with Dave J..... It looks like a bought one ,only better !
The photos look good as well.
My camera packed it in recently, & have been in touch with BT as to what to purchase, so I can approach better photo quality.
regards
Bruce

Originally Posted by Steamwhisperer

Thanks guys and yes Ewan, Bob has a lot to answer for. Which reminds me, I had better go out and get more lighting and soft reflectors from the photography store

Phil

It wasn't just the photography that I wad referring to.....

I will admit to being surprised that the Reilang creates sufficient pressure to work well with the ball nipples. With a pom pom type oiler it's difficult to gauge whether the oiler's return spring or the nipple's spring is the cause of restriction to the flow of oil.

Phil, have you taken a nipple off the machine, held it in a vice and checked how much oil flows through it when squirted with the Swiss can?

B the whipping boy T

Originally Posted by Anorak Bob

I will admit to being surprised that the Reilang creates sufficient pressure to work well with the ball nipples. With a pom pom type oiler it's difficult to gauge whether the oiler's return spring or the nipple's spring is the cause of restriction to the flow of oil.

Phil, have you taken a nipple off the machine, held it in a vice and checked how much oil flows through it when squirted with the Swiss can?

B the whipping boy T

Hi Bob,
I took all of the nipples off and was surprised at how many were either completely or partially blocked. After cleaning them I tried exactly what you said and found a rather generous flow of oil from each one. I then put one on a flat surface and gave it a shot. It lifted the nipple off the flat surface and left a great pool of oil.
I am very happy with the result. One thing I did notice was that on these oil nipples there is a very light spring pressure.

Phil

Originally Posted by Abratool

Phil
Im with Dave J..... It looks like a bought one ,only better !
The photos look good as well.
My camera packed it in recently, & have been in touch with BT as to what to purchase, so I can approach better photo quality.
regards
Bruce

HI Bruce,
This will probably surprise you but those photos were taken on an Iphone 5.
I would have taken them on the Nikon but I need a good macro lens.

Phil

Originally Posted by Steamwhisperer

HI Bruce,
This will probably surprise you but those photos were taken on an Iphone 5.
I would have taken them on the Nikon but I need a good macro lens.

Phil

My Coolpix focuses down to about an 1 1/2". For 118 bucks I can sit it in the swarf tray amidst a sea of junk and not worry too much. Fits in my pocket. Think twice about a whizzo Nikkor Phil.

I've got one of Nikon's finest, the 55mm f3.5 Micro-Nikkor (F, F2 vintage) sadly mouldering amongst a collection of other brass and glass former treasures. Probably never use it and them again.

BT

Originally Posted by Anorak Bob

My Coolpix focuses down to about an 1 1/2". For 118 bucks I can sit it in the swarf tray amidst a sea of junk and not worry too much. Fits in my pocket. Think twice about a whizzo Nikkor Phil.

I've got one of Nikon's finest, the 55mm f3.5 Micro-Nikkor (F, F2 vintage) sadly mouldering amongst a collection of other brass and glass former treasures. Probably never use it and them again.

BT

Hi Bob,
Sadly I have to agree. A mate of mine who is an actual published historian who writes histories on sawmill sites and the occasional gold mining site in the Victorian bush, bought a Nikon with all the bells and whistles. But, for the shot he needed to take if he didn't have all his gear with him, he bought a coolpix. He reckons the shots are just as good, if not better. Sure, you can't do the fancy schmansy shots like the shot I took at the second scraping class that I lovingly call 'Block on stone with indicator' , but for the everyday shot they can't be beaten. I don't think I'm too far from getting one myself. The lens I am after is a Nikkor 50mm f1.8 which is about $4 cheaper than the whole coolpix
If you are after another camera Bruce, you should probably look at one of those.

Phil

G'Day Fellas,
Another vote for the Coolpix, paid $140 for mine about 4 years ago, and have been completely happy with it, the size is perfect for a shirt pocket and at the price I won't shed too many tears when it eventually carks it, like a lot of others I also have a pretty comprehensive set of Olympus OM gear that has not seen daylight for 5 years.
Regards,
Martin

@ Bob & Phil,

I resurrected most of my old Nikkors by purchasing a secondhand D1x. Lovely camera. When they become cheap, I will buy a D3x secondhand. The Nikkor 55mm f3.5 should be able to be converted to Ai, and used on the professional Nikon D series.

Regards,