Show your oiler cans

[Snip's]

Didja buy it?

No...

 

[Outlawmws]

One for the oil can collection:

 

[d42jeep]

I found a very nice Eagle oiler at yesterday’s El Cerrito estate sale. I will be adding it to the basement display.
-Don

 

[Outlawmws]

Hmm, I could swear I have posted thee but I'm not finding it:

Don I picked up the same Eagle a week or so back:




The Little oilier tube is cool though - 1904 patent date:








And yesterday I added this little guy - Probably for perfume (No odor left), but I'll clean it up, re-plate and use for oil:

 

[Outlawmws]

Almost forgot one I made some years back -
The material:




Soldering the "can"






Sealed up:






And done with the Dipper:

 

[Beerhippie]

I found a very nice Eagle oiler at yesterday’s El Cerrito estate sale. I will be adding it to the basement display.
-Don

I'd consider that a user. Unlike Goldenrods and similar, the flare at the base is part of the volume of the reservoir. The nozzle-thing includes a check valve, so the stem (usually--it'll bleed down after a while) stays full, avoiding the little squirt of oil across the workbench as you pump away trying to refill the stem with oil.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

The Little oilier tube is coo though - 1904 patent date:

That's a neat find and a FOAK on the thread as far as I have been able to check. That is to say I don't recall a "Never Leak" before and a search of the thread on that term comes up nil. Click here for my search on Google Books and you will find dozens of references to explore, including several cools ads. Patented (774,308) and made by A.F. Meisselbach in Newark, NJ.

 

[Beerhippie]

Picked this one today:



At 18" tall and 1 Qt capacity, it's a honker!

I have to figure out how to clean it up some without compromising the paper sticker... then fill it with Kroil (if I can afford it).

 

[Ohio Andy]

Picked this one today:



At 18" tall and 1 Qt capacity, it's a honker!

I have to figure out how to clean it up some without compromising the paper sticker... then fill it with Kroil (if I can afford it).

No is that a cap iron for a hand plane on the left? If so, I've never seen one like it.

 

[Beerhippie]

No is that a cap iron for a hand plane on the left? If so, I've never seen one like it.

It's a plane cap from a Stanley "Liberty bell" plane--either a #4 or #104, 1887 to 1910. I put it up in the Classifieds recently. Probably need to bump that....

 

[Outlawmws]

Nice additions Timm!

However a comment on this [plan:

then fill it with Kroil (if I can afford it).

Kroil needs to be in a well sealed container it will creep out or evaporate if it is not.

 

[Beerhippie]

Nice additions Timm!

However a comment on this [plan:



Kroil needs to be in a well sealed container it will creep out or evaporate if it is not.

Thanks!

I'll need to find an oiler with the check valve in the tip--maybe another Eagle.

I'll use it for CLP instead.

 

[RTM]

Hey all, stupid question. I bought a second hand Goldenrod pistol grip pumper. The pump is jammed. I saw that beer hippie posted that he soaked one in hot lye in an ultrasonic. Anybody have anything a little less if you severe that I might have around the house that would work? Can these things be disassembled? Any other clues?

It's the pump with a little clippy on the back that holds the spring to make pump return.

 

[Outlawmws]

RTM what do you have? do you have a USC? Ace has lye powder in the plumbing section as a drain cleaner - so do Walmart and Amazon:

Amazon

 

[Sbusmech]

I've always been a little intrigued by oiler cans. Aside from being indispensable on the workbench they often look so interesting. I have to stop myself from buying them when I see them at flea markets, I almost brought home a 2 quart oil can the last time I was at a flea market. As much as I liked it I knew I didn't have any use for it.

1 - Golden Rod Deluxe 1 pint pump with separate filler cap and long flexible spout. I keep it near my lathe and drill press for cutting lube.

2 - No Name - has copper colour on the bottom but that is worn off everywhere else, about 2 -3 oz diaphragm type with a long flexible stem and down angled tip. Great for topping up oil cups on my lathe.

3 - No Name - has copper colour on the bottom also so maybe golden rod?, about 2 -3 oz Pump with an extension for a good long reach

4 - Zoom Spout Robert Shaw all purpose lubricant. This little plastic oiler has an extendable spout that doesn't leak. Note the little *** sticking up on the lid, used for storing the red cap when in use. 4 oz.

5 - Stainless Steel Kitchen olive oil dispenser that found it's way into the shop.

6 - Wesco England - about a 4 oz pump style with a metered tip

7 - Golden Rod - very similar to the Wesco but notice the nice bell shaped flare on the bottom which makes this one much more stabile where ever you set it down. 4 oz.

8 - No Name pump style about 6 oz.

9 - SYMONS OILER - I believe this is a SYMONS Oiler although there is no markings on it. Here is an interesting link to some cool info on them:

http://www.wdm.ca/artifact_articles/oilcan.html

10 - No Name About a 3 oz. diaphram style with straight spout.

11 - No Name About a 1 oz. diaphram style with straight spout.

12 - A nice 2 oz. pocket oiler, no name.

13 - I call this my Alladin’s Lamp Oiler, everything is soldered into place with no access to the pump.

14 - This is a tube of ANCHORLUBE G771 excellent machine work lube for cutting various types of metal, threading etc.

15 - Just a plastic oiler, aboit 8 oz.

Also pictured is my collection of singer sewing machine and 3 in 1 oil cans.

Got an interesting oiler or info, please post.

Wow, that's pretty cool. I haven't seen a 3 in 1 can in quite awhile.

 

[RTM]

RTM what do you have? do you have a USC? Ace has lye powder in the plumbing section as a drain cleaner - so do Walmart and Amazon:

Amazon

Simple Green and all the usual householdcleaners, all the thinners up to lacquer thinner and acetone, a really wimpy USC made for watches.

Just realized I Do have a little bit of lye as hair clog remover, might have to dilute a bit to have enough to soak that piece.

 

[Beerhippie]

I scored a can and spray bottle of Kroil recently



and thought, "if the Kroil doesn't creep out of, or evaporate from, a sprayer, it should be fine in an oiler".

Some new gaskets, a little minor fabrication, and







The original tip on the oiler had been chopped off with wire cutters, leaving it squished closed. It was also larger than I liked, so I fount a tiny piece of copper tube--part of an old Coleman lantern pump--cut the old tube off and soldered the "new" one into the fitting.

Between the sprayer mostly full and the pint can on my bench, the big 1 qt. Goldenrod is about two-thirds full. That oughta' last me a while.

 

[Beerhippie]

I picked this little gem up today:



I believe it's an early example of the "beloved" Eagle 66.





I'm not having much luck finding the history of the Eagle 66 at this point.

I'll clean it up tomorrow and decide what to put in it.

 

[brockmub]

Nice find, I have a few. As for what to put in it, I’d suggest start with some stainless nuts to weigh it down a bit. Mine like to tip over pretty easy.

 

[Beerhippie]

Nice find, I have a few. As for what to put in it, I’d suggest start with some stainless nuts to weigh it down a bit. Mine like to tip over pretty easy.

I reckon that's why they added the flared base on later examples.

 

[Beerhippie]

A little Greez-Off and a touch of Mother's Synthetic wax, and:





Mr. Pete on YouTube kindly looked up the patent for me: 2,055,045 Samuel O, Paul, appl. for 1935, issued 1936.

I have good reason to believe mine is pre-production. The shape of the tip, the fact it appears to be gold electro-plated (hard to capture with my shop light--I'll have to bring the big soft box into play tomorrow), lack of the Eagle logo, model # and branding on the lid, brass pump shaft and this feature:



That bracket is shown in the patent, but absent in the production models.

Thanks, Mr. Pete.

 

[Beerhippie]

Another user saved from the scrap heap:





No-name.

 

[FJ 432]

Pistol oiler found in an antique store.

 

[four.cycle]

@FJ 432 - is there a manufacturer's name or brand on that unit?

 

[Outlawmws]

That's edging towards Flash Gordon!

 

[Beerhippie]

That's edging towards Flash Gordon!

Pew! Pew!

 

[FJ 432]

@FJ 432 - is there a manufacturer's name or brand on that unit?

NKR?

 

[FJ 432]

That's edging towards Flash Gordon!

Yeah, I polished this and I have some green metal oil made by Sculpt Nouveau that I added to the recess area that dried in about a day. Really just playing around. It's purty.

 

[Beerhippie]

NKR?

NRK?

 

[FJ 432]

NRK?

Maybe. Does that make more sense?

 

[Beerhippie]

Maybe. Does that make more sense?

No. The only hits I get on either from Goobly-de-gook are a hockey team.

 

[d42jeep]

I brought this oiler home when I saw it at today’s estate sale. It was pretty crusty but I figured it would clean up.
After starting the clean up I could make out some small letters on the handle
I hit the area with the 3M 400 rotary wheel and finally could make out the marking.
What a disappointment.
-Don

 

[RTM]

What a disappointment

Week or two ago, at a GS, found a little thumb can oiler. Looked kinda vintage, picked it up, not bad, turn it over, bar code sticker with Restoration Hardware. Talk about disappointing.

 

[Jay__Dub]

Picked these up today. An antique Canadian Pacific Railway oiler, and a couple of Wescos, 3340, and a Jr.

 

[antman213]

Unmarked trigger can

Sent from my SM-G960U using The Garage Journal mobile app

I've got a very similar but unbranded oiler. It's very sturdy.

Anyone know what make this is?

I'm in the philadelphia area if that's any help

 

[Theronswanson]

I found this in my dad's old tool box. I have no idea what brand or anything. There's no markings on it at all. It also doesn't look like it's ever had anything inside. If the date on the sticker is correct, either my Grandpa bought it, or my dad bought it when he was 16. If thats even a date code lol.

 

[WisJim]

While out in the shop, I corralled most of my oiling cans and got a family pic. I did miss a couple, I discovered later, but they aren't much different than those in the picture.

 

[Ohio Andy]

While out in the shop, I corralled most of my oiling cans and got a family pic. I did miss a couple, I discovered later, but they aren't much different than those in the picture.

Do you use all of them or just collect them?

 

[WisJim]

These are users, some of them are in each of 3 rooms (garage, wood shop, metal shop) and some, like way oil etc., are multiples by different machines, so they all get used regularly, trigger or pump types used more.

 

[WisJim]

Yesterday I said I don't collect these, just use them, and this morning I got these all at one sale.