spill proof oil cup...

[tinman123]

like many i do be watching the usual suspects the far side of the pond and i quite liked their little oil can plan.
i also believe some folk think them over rated but i like having one about so i set about obtaining something.
the white tub with the blue cap a lot have dosent seem to be available this side so 8 mths or so ago i bought me some spill proof kiddies paint tubs, the caps snap on, well, originally the did but the plastic no likee the oil so the cap grew a bit to the point i couldnt of been bothered to of done anything about it but to give the 4 others i had to my 4 yr old daughter to use, the listing was correct i guess, kids.

sooo a couple of weeks ago i set out again to see if i could find an upgrade.
and after some time on the bay i found these cups from melissa and doug, i must admit, they have their heads screwed on, as well as the caps on their tubs.
so looks like ive got a winner, the plastic is good and a snap on cap if needed too.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Melissa-D...785595?hash=item3abaf5f9bb:g:-IoAAOSwX~dWkhAh

i bought some acid brushed from some random gun crowd on the net and a few of chinas best 30x5 moly magnets from the bay.
and hey presto i have a spill proof cup that stays put where ever its put and even if my brush has swarf on it when i dip it in , it comes out clean.
tapered hole so you cant miss, something i seen as a fault to the white n blue ones but a first world problem all the same.

and not that you would make the mistake of mixing the two oils i use up unless you were blind i went and got all fancy with the rhino and printed me up some this is what i am stickers, in case i take a bad dose of amnesia or something.

 

[Turbo]

They look like a good job but what's the advantage of these over a squirty oil can?

 

[tinman123]

They look like a good job but what's the advantage of these over a squirty oil can?

if your using an oil can and it works then why not, id rather this type of system, i dont use lube that much normally, id mill mild steel dry 90% of the time but for boring, reaming, drilling tapping and such id use it

as pdg said, there is less to catch when its bristles instead the head of a can.
you have more accuracy with the brush as you just rub it on the tool or
and to be quite honest what passes for an oil can these day's is a pityful excuse from some of the quality ones once upon a time.

thats why i said it mightnt be everyone's flavour in the op, i think its a bit like marmite tbh.
id rather it out of the two ways, i find it quick and simple and for the price of a "Good" oil can youd have about 16 of these pots, one or two would do tho..