The things you do to earn a crust

[redlig]

Ahh but... how do you get the grease in the bag "Dear Lisa" ??

With a small bucket , Dear Henry.

 

[Munkul]

My first thought…..2nd thought suggest to those wanting grease to not be tight wad and buy a tub of the stuff!

guessing this ceramic grease is incredibly expensive. We used some ceramic grease in my last job that was £500 per 500ml tube.
Worth repacking if it makes a decent markup

 

[redlig]

Remember years ago, used to buy tubs of grease to refill the ol' fashioned grease guns. The tubs had a close fitting metal disk in the can with a hole in the middle ( bit like a crude piston thingy). You put the gun barrel over the hole and pushed it downwards forcing grease into the barrel. Perhaps you could make something similar out of either metal or rigid plastic.

I thought I would start a thread where we could detail some of the more ridiculous/tedious/nasty/dirty jobs we do in order to make a pound. I was inspired to do this following my latest job of filling squeezy tubes with Ceramic grease, I have a tub of it but a couple of customers wanted some and I decided to try this, bloody awful job (but not nearly as bad as some of the nonsense I have done in the past!).

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If anyone can think of a better/easier way of getting the grease out of the tub and into the tubes I want to see it.

years ago I had the idea of using an empty tooth paste dispenser to be reused to dispense general purpose grease . Worst job was to retrieve the plastic disc from inside the dispenser. Worked a treat . No, I never tried to clean my teeth with it.

 

[GRW]

How are you filling the grease gun?

One hell of a lot more easily than trying to fill a tube the same way

 

[arther dailey]

what is the ceramic grease used for ? thanks

 

[Bullet2012]

what is the ceramic grease used for ? thanks

It stops the plates sticking together in the dishwasher

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

If you are doing a lot of them...could you make a large plunger that's a snug fit in the tin (insert in the top)..then punch a hole in the tin base and rig the lot up in a drill press (with a good dose of imagination).

Or just go old school and remove the base of the tin with a tin opener and go from there.

 

[northwest]

what is the ceramic grease used for ? thanks

It is good for choke tubes in shotguns, stops them seizing in the bores.

 

[minimutly]

If you are doing a lot of them...could you make a large plunger that's a snug fit in the tin (insert in the top)..then punch a hole in the tin base and rig the lot up in a drill press (with a good dose of imagination).

Or just go old school and remove the base of the tin with a tin opener and go from there.

From my dairy days one of the lads who was into sea fishing used to make (and sell I guess) lugworm suckers out of 2 inch stainless pipe. Like a big sucker, nylon piston with a pair of orings on.

 

[Maker]

I've got a big tin of Rocol Kilopoise damping grease, the kind of thing you get in camera lenses to give a bit of resistance turning the focus ring. I briefly considered repackaging it into smaller containers and selling it like you are, but it's so unbelievably thick and sticky I couldn't bare to touch it and quickly gave up on the idea.

 

[OJCar]

Buy ceramic-grease-tube
Stick a "As Passed by Northwest" sticker on it
and sell it at twice the price ?

 

[Pete.]

From my dairy days one of the lads who was into sea fishing used to make (and sell I guess) lugworm suckers out of 2 inch stainless pipe. Like a big sucker, nylon piston with a pair of orings on.

Can't beat a bit of Black Lug for cod fishing.

 

[colnerov]

Can't beat a bit of Black Lug for cod fishing.

And we're off at a tangent.

 

[ukracer]

Can you not pump grease??

 

[ukracer]

I have to ask: if they were meant to be filled via the cap, why would they be supplied with an open end?

I guess it's needs to allow the air out but be easy to close.

 

[gaz1]

make a screw on part so it screws onto the screw lid this then goes down into a tube until its small enough to push directly into your tubes

then flip the tin upside and tin open the bottom then fit in a hydraulic press

the method is similar to using a silicone gun but it works anyway

 

[dobbslc]

Remember years ago, used to buy tubs of grease to refill the ol' fashioned grease guns. The tubs had a close fitting metal disk in the can with a hole in the middle ( bit like a crude piston thingy). You put the gun barrel over the hole and pushed it downwards forcing grease into the barrel. Perhaps you could make something similar out of either metal or rigid plastic.

Is that what the hole is for? I never knew that

 

[cocker]

What about useing one of them morter/pointing guns ?

 

[bricol]

As suggested, suitably sized syringe (ebay, Amazon), open the end up, pull up the required amount of grease. Take cap off tube, shove syringe in from the other end, squirt grease - replace gap when grease is about to escape, empty syringe as you withdraw it. Squeeze, fold and crimp end.

When the money staggers in, realise you're actually doing more for the benefit of valued customers, than for much added to the bottom of the profit and loss ledger . . .

 

[Smallfry]

Is there only me on this forum that is so old to remember singing "There is a hole in my bucker dear Lisa......"

It was dear LiZa, dear Henry