Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 03:50:56 +0000 From: Gerry Newsgroups: rec.crafts.metalworking Subject: Re: oil-can for toolbox for air-tool oil Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 23:50:44 -0400 Message-ID: References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 30 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-iX8I2MYvDWYBjmf6s0M5EaF0nbzYRMjt8FqZMYnM0P9m1pc5H/i4Hf50IeoJ0VxA+1hr6nyVkEgoNxV!7pc8Wr/obW5v31q1e7jAdCOXcbe7+zgqR3jOb6LUzrfD4y11jmADJoglEpm+b/b/bW2k5iF4 X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2233 On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 10:20:36 -0500, shiggins wrote: >On 7/15/2024 12:30 PM, Richard Smith wrote: >> Hello all >> >> Ideas for smallish oil-can which can be in a toolbox? >> - mustn't leak all over >> - smallish and light >> - can deliver a few drips of oil down air-tool inlet >> Thinking of those "popper" oil-cans - small disks. But how to seal >> stem / spout? >> >> Ideas? >> >> Regards, >> Rich Smith >I have an oil can that I use on the lathe and the mill. Made of a tuna >can with the lid soldered back on. It has a hole drilled in the center >big enough to allow a small hobby brush to reach the bottom of the can. >Soldered into the hole is a small piece of copper tube long enough to >penetrate to about half way into the can. The tube protrudes about a >half inch above the surface of the lid. If the can is filled only to >about 3/8 of total depth, it will not leak all over if upended. The >brush would be able to dispense a drop or two into an air tool. >YMMV > >Steve I have both "eye drop" bottles and ink bottles from printer cartridege refill kits (yard sale) with needle tops.