I have spent a great deal of time on die building and stamping jobs, dealing with everything from soup to nuts. What I find most frustrating are die shops and stampers that waste a great deal of money trying to correct oil canning problems rather than trying to prevent them so they don't have to be corrected later. Recently I was in a die shop that was driven by its customer to correct an oil canning problem by reshaping the metal. After days of refitting and respotting the dies at its own expense, the shop proved to the customer that the problem could not be corrected by trying to coin, beat, or reshape the metal, but it could be prevented. Preventing the oil canning would require a larger blank so that the part could be stretch-formed.

Singer Oil Containers



Types & Styles of Oil Cans for Collectors
Pull the trigger on these oilers for easier one-hand operation than standard hand-held oil dispensers. These dispensers have an opening for filling without removing the nozzle. A needle dispensing tip provides fine control for lubricating small parts. The open top makes these easier to fill than jugs, while the spout gives more control when pouring. Store, pour, and carry up to 1 gallon. Also known as Type II safety cans, these have two openings— one for filling, one for pouring. Also known as Type I safety cans, these have a single opening for both filling and pouring.


Questions about Multi-dose vials
An oil can oilcan or oiler [1] is a can that holds oil usually motor oil for lubricating machines. An oil can can also be used to fill oil-based lanterns. An occupation, referred to as an oiler , can use an oil can among other tools to lubricate machinery. Oil cans were made by companies like Noera Manufacturing Company and Perfection in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Rocanville, Saskatchewan , Canada is home to a large-scale oil can industry because of the Symons Oiler factory which produced oil cans during World War II.



As pictured, bare metal is visible as is the solder. This can was primarily used from the introduction of the "standard" quart size can until the early 's. Some companies still use solder seam cans today, primarily for specialty aviation oils. The next time you are at the airport, look closely at the maintenance trucks, you might see a case of metal solder seamed cans it back!