Lubrication of j-head when assembling

[Pete O]

I have been puzzling over this thing and trying to figure out how the heck the power feed system gets lubricated; I finally had a light-bulb come on this afternoon when I realised that by installing sealed bearings on the bull gear shaft, I have isolated the power feed system from the oil that it gets from above. Oil comes in via the top oiler and drips directly onto the teeth of the bull gear, then down through the bearings and into the reservoir in the top of the worm gear cradle, feeds the three moving parts in the worm gear cradle then runs down into all of the gear system of the power feed. I'll have to take those bearings out again and remove the seals, this will mean that the power feed train is oiled so I guess if I assemble it with oil it will be good to go.