Repurposed tool

R100 · Post by **R100** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 2:24 pm

These are originally meant for wood glue.
At least one of them has a new career as a mini mini grease gun.

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 3:07 pm

Nice job. Every toolkit should have one!

G

R100 · Post by **R100** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 3:24 pm

G-Man wrote:Nice job. Every toolkit should have one!
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And they are cheap, which is good because petroleum products will probably attack the rubber over time.
The one with the curved tip has a very small hole. Would work with #90 gear oil, but probably not grease. The one I used for the speedo drive was cut to give it about 1/8" opening.

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 3:51 pm

It's always a great feeling making stuff out of things you've already go. My wife was asking where her old frying pan was today. I don't think she really wants it back now......

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Hamamatsu Nippon · Post by **Hamamatsu Nippon** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 7:15 pm

Oh yeah, it will work with grease. Here I'm getting grease to the bearing by slipping under the cover with a large bore needle attached. You have to press really hard, but it works great.

R100 · Post by **R100** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 7:39 pm

Hamamatsu Nippon wrote:Oh yeah, it will work with grease. Here I'm getting grease to the bearing by slipping under the cover with a large bore needle attached. You have to press really hard, but it works great.

That's awesome!
Like you are vaccinating a bearing against the deadly virus - corrosion.

Snakeoil · Post by **Snakeoil** » Mon Mar 16, 2015 10:20 pm

You can buy really large ones in farm stores like TSC. They are great for accurately filling forks with zero spillage. Also work great for removing oil.

I use a smaller one to fill bike batteries with distiller water.

Regards,
Rob