Mr. Pete cutting oil can

[twooldvolvos]

Made this cutting oil can after watching Mr. Pete make one. First try was a fail using a tuna can. This one was try #2 using a canned heat can and 3/4 copper pipe. It works fine.

 

[pontiac428]

Does the flame burn well through the tube? Okay, you probably use it with brushes and oil, but I bet it would still make a good chafing dish flame.

 

[tonydi]

Well done. I'm going to have to make one of my own. I got one of those plastic no-spill paint cups from Lakeshore Learning that lots of people online were saying was a quick and inexpensive solution. I put in a copper pipe just like you did but even though it only holds WD40, the plastic doesn't like it. After less than a year the bottom of the cup has bowed outward so it's not very stable.

 

[twooldvolvos]

Well done. I'm going to have to make one of my own. I got one of those plastic no-spill paint cups from Lakeshore Learning that lots of people online were saying was a quick and inexpensive solution. I put in a copper pipe just like you did but even though it only holds WD40, the plastic doesn't like it. After less than a year the bottom of the cup has bowed outward so it's not very stable.

I thought the 3/4 heavy gauge pipe I used might be too heavy but instead it helped with stability. I had only $1 in the can because I bought it at a dollar store. The copper was some scrap I had. So the cost is minimal. The hardest thing for me was trying to put a flare on the top of the copper.

 

[NC Rick]

If you soldered it with the pipe extended to the inside of the can, just shy of the bottom would it not work like a "no spill" can?

 

[twooldvolvos]

If you soldered it with the pipe extended to the inside of the can, just shy of the bottom would it not work like a "no spill" can?

I sawed some notches into the bottom of the copper pipe so the oil could seep into the tube. I didn't try it but I'm sure it will be a no spill oiler.

 

[NC Rick]

I haven't watched Mr Pete's video But I do follow him. I'm sorry I underestimated your build. I'm a wimp, I bought mine so I'll shut up

 

[aliva]

I built one like Mr. Pete's didn't like it, bought a spill master, still not that good, Ended up using a lab wash bottle much better ,no brush to worry about and very precise in applying oil

 

[twooldvolvos]

If you soldered it with the pipe extended to the inside of the can, just shy of the bottom would it not work like a "no spill" can?

Yep. That is the way I did it. Actually, I let the copper touch the bottom of the can but sawed a few oil access slits into the bottom of the copper to let the oil seep in.