Using engines oil on tools

[Phil Pascoe]

A mix of acetone and automatic transmission fluid.

 

[Concizat]

Paul Sellers shows you how to make a rag-in-a-can oiler Rag-in-a-can Oiler to make use of the engine oil and keep your hands clean. I made one several years ago and it is a very useful gadget.
Regards Keith

Showed this to a pal and he told me that over 60 years ago when he was an apprentice carpenter, the "old boys" showed him this trick, but they used lanolin bought from a ships chandlers and white spirit mixed 1 part lanolin to 5 parts spirit. It was then heated to melt the lanolin into the spirit. They used the old felt backing pads from the sanders which they jammed into empty corned beef tins. He still has one and uses it regularly on his lathe and tools.

 

[Jelly]

Camphor tablets in your toolbox works well to stop tools rusting...

Smells lovely too! I have some in with my micrometers and the like and it does a fine job.

 

[Awac]

Smells lovely too! I have some in with my micrometers and the like and it does a fine job.

I am not the only one then who loves the smell! Cool!

 

[Awac]

Try Ballistol. Amazing oil. Mixes with water, which after evaporating leaves a protective oil finish (think gun barrel), antiseptic for the skin, can be drunk for stomach upsets, preserves wood and metal. Developed for the German Army as a Swiss knife of oils at the beginning of the 20th century.