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Nick
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Joined: 16 Jun 2004
Posts: 11802
Location: Sydney, NSW
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Spill-proof lube pot
I recently bought a couple of spill-proof pots as an add-on to an order from Little Machine shop. They work really well and are cheap, but you wouldn't want to buy them by themselves as the postage would be much more than the pots cost.
I wanted another one, so I looked around for materials to make my own; it turns out that you can make the pots from stuff you probably already have:
I used a peanut butter jar, a lid from another jar and a pill bottle. First, sand off any ridges on the jar lids and rough up the top surfaces. Glue the lids back to back with a generous amount of epoxy as the lids are likely to be polyethylene, which is hard to glue.
While the epoxy is drying remove the labels from the containers; I like to wrap them in a paper towel and then pour on a little Digger's wax and grease remover. The paper towel spreads the solvent out and means you don't need much of it.
With the labels off and the glue dried, its time to drill some holes. Make the hole in the lids around 3/4" and the hole in the pill bottle one size larger. The hole size isn't too important as long as its large enough to fit a small brush through and small enough so that there is a lip on the bottom of the bottle to glue on to.
Roughen the bottom of the pill bottle and the underside of one of the lids, then glue them together. While the epoxy sets, you might like to epoxy some small NIB magnets to the bottom or the jar.They are optional and help prevent the pot from falling off vibrating machinery.
Once the epoxy is set, fill the lube pot about 1/3rd full with your favourite cutting oil and you are done . I use a small metal handled brush that Bunnings calls a 'spirit brush'. _________________ Australian 2015 Featherweight champion
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