Pump Oil Can Prints

I also have a bunch of brass that I have collected, Some I have melted down into small ingots, I have done some alum also but that had a bunch of air bubbles in it, Thus unable to use it for much of anything. I figured I could do a few of the parts by making molds for them, But have to come up with the brass tubing for the body etc.
I was thinking the red brass for the top, and bottom at least, (actually though about making some brass ones for wife's cooking oil as well)
If I have to purchase everything I am thinking Stainless but I have not worked with it before.
 
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rwm said:
It works great! No leaks at all! One of them loses prime after it sits for a few days and it takes a couple of pumps to get it going. I think if I polished the inlet valve seat that would correct this minor problem. Obviously the brass tarnishes so if you really want a nice one do it in stainless if you have the capability. May actually be cheaper than brass but the soldering is a pain.
R
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don't solder, Tig weld it
 
fwwbronco said:
don't solder, Tig weld it
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I have a Miller TIG and that was my first plan. TIG welds are stronger but many end up not being water tight due to microscopic porosity. With braze/solder that is far less likely. Mine have not leaked a drop.
Robert
 
Billh50 said:
I would gladly convert prints to metric but I do not have the originals anymore. My hard drive had crashed since then and I lost a lot of my files. I would have also made sure all lines were bolder.
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I can change the lines from grey into black, which makes a usable print. If there is interest I can redo the set of plans this way and post them here as pdf.
 
I only drew the prints and they were drawn in black then converted to pdf. At the time the converter I had must have made the lines lighter. You can ask the man who designed the oil can if you wish.
 
Bill, thanks for the reply. My mistake, I held you for the designer.

Robert, are you listening?

Attached is the first page. I like to hear whether this is a sufficient improvement or not. If not, I can try some tricks to increase the line width.
 

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I am listening!
I have not had any trouble reading any of the original pdf documents. The lines look fine for me. Could it be your pdf viewer or its settings? Your document looks great too. Thank you for posting.
Robert
 
Thanks! It might be the settings. But I know more people have trouble reading the prints. So they can benefit from this version. The drawing itself is not changed so the compliment should go to Bill for the drawing and to you, Robert for the design.
 
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