Lube pots

[Doc Reaper]

I finally purchased an oil pot, never used one - ever! I picked one up and it was delivered today. Just by looking at it brings one question to mind. “Should I be worried about the siphon affect”? 
Does anyone else use a thread lubricator?  

[PastorBob]

On which machine, @Doc Reaper?  I don't have one on my Class 4.

[Wizcrafts]

11 hours ago, Doc Reaper said:

I finally purchased an oil pot, never used one - ever! I picked one up and it was delivered today. Just by looking at it brings one question to mind. “Should I be worried about the siphon affect”? 
Does anyone else use a thread lubricator?  

I sometimes put liquid silicon thread lube in oil pots on some of my machines. It helps when the leather is very dense, or I am sewing at 15 stitches per second and above.

[CowboyBob]

11 hours ago, Doc Reaper said:

I finally purchased an oil pot, never used one - ever! I picked one up and it was delivered today. Just by looking at it brings one question to mind. “Should I be worried about the siphon affect”? 
Does anyone else use a thread lubricator?  

It won't siphon with nylon or polyester ,just cotton thread.

Edited March 7, 2023 by CowboyBob

[Wizcrafts]

1 hour ago, CowboyBob said:

It won't siphon with nylon or polyester ,just cotton thread.

I recall that the term for this is "wicking." Many sewing machines have cotton wicks that distribute oil to the extremities of the machine from where the oil goes into a special housing or top mounted inlet. Bonded threads can carry lube on the outside, but they don't wick unless the bonding is crap, or scrapes off.