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11th Oct 2012, 03:42 PM #61.
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15th Oct 2012, 06:59 PM #62
Whilst in my local industrial supplies place today, buying pulleys for the little lathe, i spied some nice looking oil cans. A quick inspection lead to me buying one. It is a Pressol double pump, and it works both right way up and upside down. The last 2" of the oil pick up is on a ball joint, so when you turn it upside down it falls and can still pick up oil so long as the can is half full or so. The tip fits ball oilers nicely, has not leaked (yet) and a quick test out the back door of the shed reached the fence easily...which must be 20 feet away. The best thing was the price, $45.10, i reackon thats pretty good for a quality new can. Like this Products
1915 17"x50" LeBlond heavy duty Lathe, 24" Queen city shaper, 1970's G Vernier FV.3.TO Universal Mill, 1958 Blohm HFS 6 surface grinder, 1942 Rivett 715 Lathe, 14"x40" Antrac Lathe, Startrite H225 Bandsaw, 1949 Hercus Camelback Drill press, 1947 Holbrook C10 Lathe.
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15th Oct 2012, 07:12 PM #63
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Whilst in my local industrial supplies place today, buying pulleys for the little lathe, i spied some nice looking oil cans. A quick inspection lead to me buying one. It is a Pressol double pump, and it works both right way up and upside down. The last 2" of the oil pick up is on a ball joint, so when you turn it upside down it falls and can still pick up oil so long as the can is half full or so. The tip fits ball oilers nicely, has not leaked (yet) and a quick test out the back door of the shed reached the fence easily...which must be 20 feet away. The best thing was the price, $45.10, i reackon thats pretty good. Like this Products
How come we always walk out of those shops with more items than we planned to buy
You can see the quality in that Pressol .
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15th Oct 2012, 08:35 PM #64.
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It will be interesting to hear your comments about the Pressol's performance Ewan. Maybe the oil weepage, a feature of my cans, has been addressed.
Bob.
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15th Oct 2012, 08:48 PM #65
A question about "ball oilers"? Is it the pressure these good cans produce that gets the oil past the ball?
There are a number of ball oil points above the roller slides on my Tool and Cutter Grinder but they don't seem to like to accept oil even while holding the ball down with a pointed tool.Micheal.
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15th Oct 2012, 09:51 PM #67
I sure hope so Bob.....The guys at the shop were saying that they are the only ones they stock as they are the only ones they have tried that they haven't had complaints about leaking. I know the guys their pretty well and i know they only stock what their customers want and what works well.
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15th Oct 2012, 09:52 PM #68Most Valued Member
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It's two things that make the good cans work on ball oilers.
1) the spout tip fully depresses the ball and seals against the oil port,
2) the can provides sufficient oil pressure to force the oil through the tight tolerance gaps in the moving parts/coupling.
It's no good having pressure and no seal, or a good seal and no pressure.
That's where Regas have always been good - they do both extremely well (provided they are not badly worn).
Rob
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15th Oct 2012, 10:19 PM #69Member
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A Bargain
Hi Rob / Nearnexus
At $8.00 on Gumtree, you certainly got a bargain.
I saw a Rega oil can for sale in a Glenbrook (Blue Mountains) antique store late last week for $35.00.
I'm pretty sure I have a brand new one buried in my workshop, and probably a used one.
I'll probably find them when I'm looking for something else!.
Stay lubricated,
Al.....
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15th Oct 2012, 10:40 PM #70
Another one
Being a cheapskate , I bought this thing ..more junk , maybe not .
It actually does do something , a good squirt it does , for how long it will work I dont know .
For those on a budget , its a reasonable buy at around $9 . Mike
edit: its actually 6.95 $
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15th Oct 2012, 10:51 PM #71.
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And if your budget can cope, Masters sell a German 500ml Pressol can for 12 bucks.
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16th Oct 2012, 01:23 AM #72.
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I will Stu.
I just had a look at some of my Deutsches Museum photos. The Spezials they had seem oil tight compared to mine. The oil level might have something to do with the hemorrhaging. I'll experiment. Temperature variation may come into play. It does get warm over here.
BT
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16th Oct 2012, 09:10 AM #73Most Valued Member
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I see quite a few people selling this style oil gun on Ebay.
3.3" Nozzle High Pressure Feed Oil Spray Gun Bottle Can | eBay
Long Nozzle High Pressure Feed Oil Spray Gun Bottle Can Yellow Gray | eBay
I wonder how good they are - they have a piston pump.
Rob
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16th Oct 2012, 09:27 AM #74
Rob, they are the same as the ones super cheap auto sell, they produce plenty of pressure, so much that they leak all over the place.
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16th Oct 2012, 09:47 AM #75Most Valued Member
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HI Ewan,
OK I guess they are rubbish like the rest of the cheapies.
Interesting subject oil cans.
There's been some real nice looking cans produced over the years. I like the look of the Eagle brass oil cans from the USA.
Particularly this collectable design:
Vintage Brass Pump Oil Can > Antique Metal Iron Oiler Tractor Auto Truck 6923 | eBay
Vintage Oil Can Eagle Brass | eBay
They look great all polished up.
Whether they are actually any good as an oil can is another matter
Anyone here got one?
Rob