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kenh
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Is there on this planet an oil can that does not leak,drool, ooze or otherwise oil the area where it is setting?
I would like to keep the price under $1K.
I would like to keep the price under $1K.
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Marty Feldman
Titanium
- Joined
- Feb 21, 2005
- Location
- Falmouth, Maine
No, there isn't. But you knew that.
Something you might want to try for, say, an Eagle type, is this:
Empty the oil from the inside and remove as much of the oily film on the outside bottom of the oiler as you can. Take a sardine tin and fill it almost full with West System. Set the oiler in the tin, a bit toward one end so that the tin forms a stable base counterbalancing the oiling spout, and let harden.
Something you might want to try for, say, an Eagle type, is this:
Empty the oil from the inside and remove as much of the oily film on the outside bottom of the oiler as you can. Take a sardine tin and fill it almost full with West System. Set the oiler in the tin, a bit toward one end so that the tin forms a stable base counterbalancing the oiling spout, and let harden.
Jason H
Stainless
- Joined
- Mar 29, 2006
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA.
I am not sure of your application, but the best trade offs that I have found are
Ones for use in the kitchen
24-Ounce Stainless Steel Olive Oil Can w/Brass Lid - eBay (item 200339283570 end time Jul-29-10 19:05:13 PDT)
and the sure shot pressurized cans. I use a sure shot for cutting oil and have gotten good aiming skills, but fluid use has gone up since I dont has as good control over volume.
The goldenrod ones from Mcmaster seem to leak the least.
Jason
Ones for use in the kitchen
24-Ounce Stainless Steel Olive Oil Can w/Brass Lid - eBay (item 200339283570 end time Jul-29-10 19:05:13 PDT)
and the sure shot pressurized cans. I use a sure shot for cutting oil and have gotten good aiming skills, but fluid use has gone up since I dont has as good control over volume.
The goldenrod ones from Mcmaster seem to leak the least.
Jason
MyrtleLake
Stainless
- Joined
- Nov 23, 2008
- Location
- Chicago, IL
I've noticed the straight spout cans are less of a problem than the flexible ones. I've been happy enough with these:
Dutton-Lainson Company - Since 1886
Big base, never tipping over makes a BIG difference (for me, at least
)
Dutton-Lainson Company - Since 1886
Big base, never tipping over makes a BIG difference (for me, at least
)
SIP6A
Titanium
- Joined
- May 29, 2003
- Location
- Temperance, Michigan
I've completely given up on the crap sold as oil cans.
What I do is when I'm out and see a estate sale sign is stop and go into the basement or garage and find 1 or 2 fifty year old eagle oil can. Sometimes I have to pay as much as $1.00 each
Todd
What I do is when I'm out and see a estate sale sign is stop and go into the basement or garage and find 1 or 2 fifty year old eagle oil can. Sometimes I have to pay as much as $1.00 each
Todd
SouthBendModel34
Diamond
- Joined
- Feb 4, 2004
- Location
- Metuchen, NJ, USA
+1 for Goldenrod cans. Made in USA, too.
Dutton-Lainston, the maker of Goldenrod cans, has a 12 oz model 720 which does not look "tippy" at all. This has an 8" angled spout, which would be ideal for dispensing cutting oils. (A flexible metal spout is never 100% leak free. Get a rigid spout model.)
The old-time solution was to have an almost-decorative tray to hold the shop's cans. Old catalogs show sets of seven oil cans arranged in a circle of six with one in the center on a hexagonal tray. The tray was pleasing to the eye. (The cans were not all the same in the set.)
I'd think that in order to be a success, the receiving tray or holder should be both attractive and convenient to the machine. These features subtly encourage you to actually return the can to the holder.
JRR
Dutton-Lainston, the maker of Goldenrod cans, has a 12 oz model 720 which does not look "tippy" at all. This has an 8" angled spout, which would be ideal for dispensing cutting oils. (A flexible metal spout is never 100% leak free. Get a rigid spout model.)
The old-time solution was to have an almost-decorative tray to hold the shop's cans. Old catalogs show sets of seven oil cans arranged in a circle of six with one in the center on a hexagonal tray. The tray was pleasing to the eye. (The cans were not all the same in the set.)
I'd think that in order to be a success, the receiving tray or holder should be both attractive and convenient to the machine. These features subtly encourage you to actually return the can to the holder.
JRR
surplusjohn
Diamond
- Joined
- Apr 11, 2002
- Location
- Syracuse, NY USA
I use plastic squeeze bottles with a flip up spout and hypodermic type tips, no leaks. I happen to sell these, look at unique and hard to find tools for fine artists
thebigron
Aluminum
- Joined
- Jul 2, 2006
- Location
- Denver of the East, (North Carolina)
One word: "ebay'
johnoder
Diamond
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- Jul 16, 2004
- Location
- Houston, TX USA
Some of my Eagle 29 (the quart size) ooze around the bottom so maybe I'll try the "epoxy shoe" treatment.
John Oder
John Oder
JRIowa
Diamond
- Joined
- May 27, 2003
- Location
- Marshalltown, Iowa, USA
This was a thread a year or 2 ago. Milacron found some European can that was a couple of hundred $ IIRC. I use the DL stuff from my home town.
JR
JR
kevin johnson
Cast Iron
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- Feb 14, 2008
- Location
- lone jack mo
The simple answer to this question is yes. I can get you one in almost ANY price range.....Buy a new one and just DON'T put any oil IN it!!!!!
Sorry I just couldn't resist!!
Frank Ford
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Dec 20, 2003
- Location
- Palo Alto, CA USA
For those of us with unlimited budgets (yeah, right) there's this one I saw recommended on the Forum a while back, from McMaster:
I sprung for one, and it's pretty swell - cast aluminum, works in any position, not leaky, etc.
#1340K28 $51.50
I sprung for one, and it's pretty swell - cast aluminum, works in any position, not leaky, etc.
#1340K28 $51.50
jim rozen
Diamond
- Joined
- Feb 26, 2004
- Location
- peekskill, NY
All oil cans and pump oilers leak to some degree. It's a constant in life.
The solution is to purchase some oil pig (the flat sheets) and place the oilers
on top of that when not in use. One sheet is good for several pump oilers
for about a year. Keeps the mess down.
The solution is to purchase some oil pig (the flat sheets) and place the oilers
on top of that when not in use. One sheet is good for several pump oilers
for about a year. Keeps the mess down.
Rock Crusher
Hot Rolled
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- Mar 27, 2006
- Location
- 20 mi West of Salem
They make a fuel tank sealer that you slosh around and then pour out the extra for re-use. I got mine from Moss motors where they market it for British sports car tanks. It seals up leaky oil cans quite well also. Ed.
jim rozen
Diamond
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- Feb 26, 2004
- Location
- peekskill, NY
Hmm. British sports cars. Again the solution is "oil pig" and in this case one sheet
is not enough. Purchase several rolls, and zip tie same across bottom of vehicle.
is not enough. Purchase several rolls, and zip tie same across bottom of vehicle.
Ron of Va
Aluminum
- Joined
- Jul 19, 2008
- Location
- Tidewater, Va
I love my Goldenrod unit with the adjustable tip. I keep kerosene in it for washing down small parts, spraying a shop towel to clean something, or just for a cutting fluid on aluminum. It does not leak, and the force of the spray rivals an aerosol can of brake cleaner. Spray Tip Oiler (USA) at Wholesale Tool Company | Industrial Machinery + Tool Supply
Made in the USA
Made in the USA
This may look odd in a machine shop but after a bunch of kids and grand kids I had a bunch of these laying around
I dropped a couple strong magnets in the bottom to keep them from falling over. Thy work well once you adjust the size of the hole in the nipple to the viscosity of the oil, cheap to.
Marci
I dropped a couple strong magnets in the bottom to keep them from falling over. Thy work well once you adjust the size of the hole in the nipple to the viscosity of the oil, cheap to.
Marci
ow2knives
Cast Iron
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- Nov 16, 2002
- Location
- Arvada Colorado
I am surprised that the Swiss made Reilang dont seem to have made it to the US.
Reilang
I have three of these cans. great product. Solid cast Aluminium body and top with brass parts. All spares available. They were purchased in SOuth Africa before moving to denevr in 99 and I have yet to see one here.
OW
Reilang
I have three of these cans. great product. Solid cast Aluminium body and top with brass parts. All spares available. They were purchased in SOuth Africa before moving to denevr in 99 and I have yet to see one here.
OW
MyrtleLake
Stainless
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- Nov 23, 2008
- Location
- Chicago, IL
Hmmm... other than the superficial ridges on the can, the McMaster one mentioned above looks/reads exactly like the Reilang. Could it be?
