plans for oil gun/can??

[jim’Participant @jim11037]

having had another cheap oil can/gun fall apart, i got to thinking that it can't be that hard to make one!

does anyone know of any plans for one??

cheers Jim'

[jim’Participant @jim11037]

[I.M. OUTAHEREParticipant @i-m-outahere]

Hi Jim,

Guy Lautard has plans for an oil gun I have not yet had a look at them but you can buy from him or try Amazon , Google his name and you will find what you want .

I'm thinking of making an new pump unit to fit the cheap oil cans that I seem to have a lot of laying around .

You can buy quality oil cans but they are not cheap and there are a few threads on this site that discuss them .

I was watching one of Guys DVDs. And they had an oil gun that looked more like a grease gun that they used to lubricate a Bridgeport Mill and you can also buy these but $$$$$$ .

Ian.

[RobboParticipant @robbo]

Jim,

Guy Lautard had plans/instructions for converting a grease gun to an oil gun, that's why his looks like a grease gun!

They were available from Camden. http://www.camdenmin.co.uk/

Phil

[I.M. OUTAHEREParticipant @i-m-outahere]

Got those plans today in his article " A brief treatise on oiling machine tools" .
Simpler than I thought and guess what I'm making this weekend !

The one shown in the video was a commercially available unit, they mentioned the name and I looked it up on the web – $250 US A UNIT !
The one thing I liked about it was the pressure gauge that showed that you were pumping oil in and not air- just pump until it shows pressure and give it one more for luck .

I'm thinking of trying some of that LUCAS oil treatment as slide way lube, it seems tacky enough , is EP rated and doesn't stink although it is more expensive than regular slide way oil .

Ian

[Douglas JohnstonParticipant @douglasjohnston98463]

John, I have tried the type of oiler you mention but could not get any oil past the spring loaded oil nipples. Is your technique to use the pointed end of the spout to press open the spring loaded ball on the nipple then pump the oil at low pressure into the open nipple?

Doug

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Posted by Douglas Johnston on 17/01/2014 09:48:54:

John, I have tried the type of oiler you mention but could not get any oil past the spring loaded oil nipples. Is your technique to use the pointed end of the spout to press open the spring loaded ball on the nipple then pump the oil at low pressure into the open nipple?

Doug

Nothing simpler, jam nozzle into the ball and pump, it does push the ball a touch but the tapered nozzle does make a fairly good seal as well and usually no oil escapes around it. That's using a small can, the nozzles on the larger ones can be too big to seal well.depending on the oiler size.

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

When we had the truck garage we had all sorts of oil cans, expensive ones, cheap ones, air powered ones but one thing I did learn none of them can stand being run over or having a tipper body dropped on them so order of the day was buy cheap and replace when flat.

I still have some of these cans, just the cheap type that John shows, some are over 30 years old and still perform well.

I also have to question just how much work an oil can gets in a home shop given the size and limited machinery.

If you lubricated every machine just a day you would be swimming in oil. Surely it's not rocket science ?

[Thor 🇳🇴Participant @thor]

I use similar oil cans to the ones John shows in his link ( red paint though and I only have 3). Mine are cheap and work fairly well, I use the flexible pipe.

Thor

[WALLACEParticipant @wallace]

Wanner grease guns are dirt cheap to pick up at autojumbles – chassis greasing being not what it was….

Once you’ve got one, remove the piston, chain and spring and blank off the hole in the end with a 3mm or so disc of ally. The bottom bit unscrews – I didn’t need an o ring as I could get a leakproof joint by tightening it up quite hard.

This pumps oil just fine into the nipples of my Harrison – the only downside is it has to be used upside down – or close to it depending on how full it is. The bend in the pipe feeding the end fitting means that it will work on nipples pointing upwards.

But then if you store it upright using the loop on the top of the gun, it won’t piddle oil everywhere !

W.

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