Sounds like you? have a pair of old Hubert’s patent countershaft bearings.? OK the shaft is 7/8 diameter the slot in the bearing block is there so you can install a ring on the shaft as you pass it though the bearing block.? The ring hangs down into the reservoir and as the shaft rotates the ring also rotates on the shaft and brings oil up from the reservoir and lubes the shaft bearings.? One of the slickest things Hubert patent.? I have several sets of these and given just a little oil and with the rings in place I find no wear on the shaft or bearing block in over 80 years. In the picture and on the right side you see a bearing like you describe.? They originally had a little tin cover over the slot though I only have one of them as you see in the picture.? This picture is of the overhead gear reduction drive for my TL electrical service lathe not a wood pattern makers lathe like you probably have.? The main difference is the spindle nose.? Yours will have a 1 ? - 8 spindle thread were as the electrical service lathe used the 1 ? - 12 thread. Do you have the counter shaft three step pulley used on the TL lathe? One other point your bearing blocks will be just the block and will not mount like the one you see in the picture.? If you have the bearing block standards they can be mounted several different ways in the standard.? This allows the standards to be mounted horizontally behind the lathe on there side mounted on the wall behind the lathe or can also be mounted upside down on the ceiling. In all three mounting positions the bearing blocks can be secured in the standard with the oil slot pointing up.? Hope all this is not to confusing.? Will? look through my picture files and see if I have any other photos that might help.

Dennis

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