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Oct 25, 2016, 11:13 PM #1

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Source for Spill Proof Oil Can

Found this can of oil in the Dollar store. I guess it is a food warmer wick type heater. It is a very easy oil can make over. Just poke a screw driver into the top with the wick. Bend it a bit and it pops out. Drill a hole in the can lid and fit it up with a piece of 3/4 copper tubing and an an extra "collar" made from the same copper tube.
Solder it up and presto, a "spill proof" oil can. One for the lathe, one for the mill and one for the bench. Easy to clean out the chips with that removable top.

If you want it to stay put on the mill table just put in a nice neo magnet (3/4" by 1/4") and you will really have to work hard to knock it off the mill.

Cheers, JR

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