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C-man

11-13-2007 06:17:01




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I went to an auction and came home with a box of "junk". The only thing that was in it that I wanted was an old oil can with "International Harvester Co." stamped on it. With it came 7 other oil cans. One of them is very small, probably holds a couple tablespoons of oil and looks to be made of copper. Did I get something unique? Several people at the auction asked me if that was the one I wanted. They are the old oil cans that have a little spout and you push on the bottom to make a few drops of oil come out.

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Crem

11-13-2007 19:13:16




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 Re: Old oil cans in reply to C-man, 11-13-2007 06:17:01  
I went back to using that type of oil can in my shop. I think that they work out quite well. I have several diffferent grades of oil in different oil cans. The small ones work well for when you only need a small amount.



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Jerry Coulter

11-13-2007 15:08:16




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 Re: Old oil cans in reply to C-man, 11-13-2007 06:17:01  
The really small oil can likely came with a sewing machine.



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George D.

11-14-2007 00:42:12




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 Re: Old oil cans in reply to Jerry Coulter, 11-13-2007 15:08:16  
I think you're right about it being a sewing-machine oil can (can't rightly say without having seen it).

When my folks were first married, one of the first things they bought once they had a little bit of money was a new Singer sewing machine. (Making your own clothes was a good way to stretch your money in those days, since you couldn't go to Wal-Mart and buy a new shirt for $6...). Anyway, one of the things that came with its accessories was a small oil can about an inch and a half in diameter, and it was copper-plated as well. I still have that little oil can, but I don't use it much.

Makes a nice conversation piece, if nothing else!

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big fred

11-13-2007 10:26:26




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 Re: Old oil cans in reply to C-man, 11-13-2007 06:17:01  
I have several of those, ranging from the very small one you describe up to one holding maybe 4 oz. I inherited them from my wife's great-uncle.



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rustyj

11-13-2007 06:41:30




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 Re: Old oil cans in reply to C-man, 11-13-2007 06:17:01  
Those oil cans were all we had, back in "The Olden Days" as the past was called by kids, grown-ups, and most everybody else that i can remember! The only other way to get oil on or in something, was to hold a screw-driver across a hole in the top of the can, or across the open end, and let the oil trickle down into the area. Primitive? Yes, by todays standards, but it worked. Took a very light hand to keep from getting too much oil in some openings. Some oilable fittings had little spring-loaded caps on them to keep dirt out! You have a genuine special interest tool, but not as scarce as you might think. It got the oil right into where it was needed,something the aerosol oil cans can't do. I think i have one somewhere in my pile of old tools, probably out back in my old garage, with the rest of the old tools! by: Rustyj

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