Oilers
Oilers
How does this oiler work? I bought one many years ago and it's been decent. A new purchase was more flimsy with more plastic, and worse it leaks! The seller said they would refund, so OK, but I'm still looking for an oiler for decent price - it was three and a half bucks. (what is that dingleberry on top for?)
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To measure is to know - Lord Kelvin
Disclaimer: I'm just a guy with a few machines...
To measure is to know - Lord Kelvin
Disclaimer: I'm just a guy with a few machines...
Re: Oilers
I believe the dingleberry is a hook for hanging the oil can from a something. The ones I have from HF aren't any better. I had one that didn't leak, but then one day the handle broke off so it's no more use than the ones that leak everywhere. I have thought of buying one of the brown ones like those Adam Booth typically has, but they are are a lot more than $3.50! As far as how they work, the pump has a ball check valve at the bottom, and I believe the piston itself has a similar arrangement.
Someday I might take one of mine apart and see if I can get it to stop leaking. It leaks near the back, where that plug is, I think, as that is where the oil gets on my hand.
Dave
Someday I might take one of mine apart and see if I can get it to stop leaking. It leaks near the back, where that plug is, I think, as that is where the oil gets on my hand.
Dave
Re: Oilers
I filled mine half way with way oil and pumped it a few times. Then I wiped it clean and set it on a box overnight - and the box had soaked up a large stain. I wiped the can clean and set it on another box and it soaked up a large stain again, so I assume it's leaking from the bottom seam of the can. There is probably some sort of glue I can use to seal that.
The other sort I bought from Enco, a plastic one with a cylinder and plunger mechanism that sits near the bottom of the can - that mechanism pops apart and it leaks around the top when used. For some reason I think the Eagle oilers pressurize the can and I thought these might work similarly.
I have two others that were my grandfather's, probably older than I am and still work just fine.
The other sort I bought from Enco, a plastic one with a cylinder and plunger mechanism that sits near the bottom of the can - that mechanism pops apart and it leaks around the top when used. For some reason I think the Eagle oilers pressurize the can and I thought these might work similarly.
I have two others that were my grandfather's, probably older than I am and still work just fine.
Standards are so important that everyone must have their own...
To measure is to know - Lord Kelvin
Disclaimer: I'm just a guy with a few machines...
To measure is to know - Lord Kelvin
Disclaimer: I'm just a guy with a few machines...