oil-can for toolbox for air-tool oil

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

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.

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

------------------------ "Marvel" air tool oil does or did come in screw top dispenser cans.

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.

Interesting idea...

Interesting idea...

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Another way to join tin cans is to hammer the end of one slightly larger to become a press fit over the other, then solder the joint. This gives two intact solid ends which can be drilled for tubing as mentioned, or brass fittings such as a screw cap or valve. If a lathe is available the fitting can be converted to a tubular rivet for more strength.

I have both "eye drop" bottles and ink bottles from printer cartridege refill kits (yard sale) with needle tops.

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Eye drop style bottles with screw caps should be a good answer. They may last longer in a tool box if in a metal tube. Camping stores have small refillable condiment containers that might work if rugged enough to not break. Another possibility is military rifle oil bottles.

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.

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. Bob La Londe

----------------------------------- I would make the compartment or cup deep enough to fully enclose the needle, they are easy to damage and a puncture hazard to your hand. Sewing machine needle oilers are cheap and readily available, though their capacity is small.