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The Regular Stuff: Chat, Buy, Sell, Off Topic, etc. => General Discussion - Model & Toy Steam Engines – Stirling Cycle – Flame Lickers – Small Antique Originals => Topic started by: ShadetreeMotorcycle on January 30, 2021, 02:28:42 pm
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Good to know, thanks Nick.
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I like the needle tips but I have a lot of trouble with getting steam oil through them... thinking about trying these:
https://www.amazon.com/WarmShine-Sewing-Machine-Dispenser-Extended/dp/B07MXZZMDB/ref=sr_1_18?dchild=1&keywords=Oil+needle+dispenser&qid=1612041420&sr=8-18
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I ended up buying a set of these, and highly recommend them for steam oil, far better than trying to squeeze through a needle yet still small enough for the little lubricators
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Ha!...Jim found these years ago!...I got to get me a YouTube account, it's the bee's knee's for sharing info!
Thanks Jim!
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Good to know!
I just found these...not vintage but possibly handy? It's a shirt pocket oiler made to look like a heavy duty ink pen.. The threaded front barrel comes off as a drip catcher...what I like is one press of the clicker button is supposed to dispense 1 drop per press..if the tiny plunger meters a single drop per press...and your finger is providing pump pressure...maybe it would pump Wilesco steam oil for sure? Not sure about the heavy grades...
https://youtu.be/bYcewaUHx-s
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Good to know!
I just found these...not vintage but possibly handy? It's a shirt pocket oiler made to look like a heavy duty ink pen.. The threaded front barrel comes off as a drip catcher...what I like is one press of the clicker button is supposed to dispense 1 drop per press..if the tiny plunger meters a single drop per press...and your finger is providing pump pressure...maybe it would pump Wilesco steam oil for sure? Not sure about the heavy grades...
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You will be waiting a long time for steam oil to come out of one of those ;) I like the look of them too, but I’ve tried with pretty poor results...
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Those sewing machine oilers from Amazon look practical...actually vintage sewing machine oilers are kinda where my head was at...a search on eBay shows quite a variety from cheap poorly made to expensive works of art...sometimes called thumb oilers.
The ones I like have small tank maybe the dia of a quarter with sometimes over 6 inch long spout. If I find one I will post a pic
Not sure if the thumb type would dispense steam oil...
This one is nice copper color but short spout.
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I like the needle tips but I have a lot of trouble with getting steam oil through them... thinking about trying these:
https://www.amazon.com/WarmShine-Sewing-Machine-Dispenser-Extended/dp/B07MXZZMDB/ref=sr_1_18?dchild=1&keywords=Oil+needle+dispenser&qid=1612041420&sr=8-18
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I like these. The one on the far right just showed up today. Actually there was 20 of them for under $16.00
and that included shipping. Wish the tips were a little longer.
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My local hobby shop carrys small plastic dispenser bottles, the plastic is high grade and the tips are metal needles available in various needle gauges...I think these are quite practical and offer good precision both for amount of oil and the small dia needle let's you put the oil in tight places as well.
However, they are not cool looking! If anyone has found perhaps a metal dispenser that has perhaps an olde time look but still performs its duty well, please share??
I think I may want 3-4 units, I would like to have 2-3 grades of steam oil on hand and perhaps 1-2 grades of bearing oil...please share your favorite!?