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

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On Mon, 15 Jul 2024 18:30:47 +0100
Richard Smith <null@void.com> 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

Try searching for dropper bottle or precision tip bottle. Maybe that
would work for you...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=dropper+bottle

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=precision+tip+bottle

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On 7/15/2024 10:30 AM, 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

Plastic bottle with needle tip cap. Good place in tool box to store it
where it will not get squished. Small so if it still gets squished the
mess is not huge. Most have gasket in cap, and cap on needle.



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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

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On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 10:20:36 -0500, shiggins <shiggins1@cox.net>
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.

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shiggins <shiggins1@cox.net> writes:

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

Interesting idea...

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On 7/15/2024 10:30 AM, 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

In a toolbox...

I have never needed to carry an oil can in my tool box, but I think I
still favor the small plastic squeeze bottle with a metal needle dripper/applicator. It occurred to me that it might be useful to create
a space int he tool box to protect it. If using a sheet metal box fold
a small sheet metal compartment just the right size,and rivet it to the
inside of the box. If using a canvas tool"box" sew in a compartment for
it, and drop a hard plastic cup in the compartment. The idea is that
unless you completely dump the box upside down the oil applicator bottle
is protected from being crushed by other tools in the container.




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