Swift Fox
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Wick type oilersGot the chance to run No2 beam engine again at APS this week and one of the first jobs i did was to fill all the oil cups with bearing oil, since i've never really played with full size engines before i was surprised to find they used wicks and always assumed they just had a hole like our toy engines. 
That got me thinking if any model sized engines (like Stuart Turners) used these type of oilers?, i can see the advantage as they let oil out gradually rather than all out at once if it was just a hole and would be less wasteful.
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Stoker
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I know my small lathes have wick (felt) in the oil cups, but none of my steam engines do. It would be very easy to punch out some small discs of felt like material to put down into the oil cups on some of our larger engines, and would likely work just fine. I doubt it would make a lot of difference overall however.
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steamtrack
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Sounds promising 
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Freespawn
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yes some stuarts have wick oilers depends what oilers you fancy putting on when you build them i suppose.
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Les
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We use wick oilers on our 4" Garrett TE 'Duchess'.
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MrDuck
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I have a little Märklin oil can with wick but don't know how it works as it has never been used and I don't want to be first 
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Dean W
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Some Mamod SE models have wick oilers. My SE2 does. You can't see it unless you take off the cylinder, then you
will see a round cutout area directly under the oil hole on the steam port. That cutout area has a round felt washer inside
which soaks up oil from the oil hole in the steam port block. Then it always has oil for the port to port mating surface.
That thing is some kind of rubberized felt compound. Great engine design, except for the exhaust choke in
lieu of a proper throttle, but, no big deal.
My Atlas lathe has wick oilers for the spindle bearings, too. They work on gravity. South Bend lathes have a wick
system for the spindle that actually delivers oil UP from a cavity in the lower part of the headstock to the spindle
bearings above. Those wicks are a couple of inches long.
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Swift Fox
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I must admit i forgot about those oiler pads on the Mamod SE's Dean, certainly was a very neat innovation by Mr Malins.
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Swift Fox
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I've since found out that most of the oilers on the large steam engines use something called Worsted Wool for the wicks.
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