How to make a Rag-in-a-can Oiler | Paul Sellers
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Paul demonstrates how to make a Rag-in-a-can Oiler. A useful accessory for smoothing cuts with saws and planes.
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Wife: lets go, we're late, wtf are you doing
Me: hold on, im learning how to put a rag into a tomato can, only 7 minutes left
Wife: rethinks her life choices
Me: well, she left, guess i can test it out!
That was my laugh for the day
I just spent 9 minutes watching a guy put a rag into a can. There is only one guy that could do that and keep my interest: Paul Sellers.
I completely underestimated how much this would reduce the friction on a plane. The first time I tried it I pushed with the usual amount of force and flopped belly first onto the bench and nearly threw my plane across the shop.
Unfortunately, household / bicycle oil on the sole of a plane also tends to stain the wood with iron for the first few passes. No matter how little oil is used; it lifts any oxidised iron from the plane and deposits it on the wood. So only do this if you intend to do multiple passes.
Pure mineral oil doesn't have that side effect, and is even slicker, but doesn't last very long.
@Art Heen
Try sewing machine oil.
It's clear and will not stain cloth.
That should translate to not staining wood.
I don't have a plane so I can test the theory.
That's funny!
Didn't happen if there isn't a video... sure would enjoy seeing it :)
It nearöy happened to me aswell 😂
Mr Sellers, I'm 75, been doing simple carpentry, shed-building, minor woodworking projects for over 50 years. I've always kept an oily rag hanging on a hook, but it was always too dry (had to add oil) or too wet (...because I just added some oil). I've tried various methods to improve my oily rag, such as rolling it up and pounding on it with a hammer to distribute the oil. Nothing worked all that well.
Now, I subscribed to your channel for woodworking tips, sharpening tips, tool tips...but this rag-in-a-can oiler is a perfect example of why I love your videos -- simple ideas to resolve everyday issues faced by ANY man or woman with a need to use hand tools.
Thank you.
I feel very lucky to watch a man just for the way he works. You make the specific project seem like a secondary issue. The most important thing is the state of mind of the artisan. Though I'm not even a moderate hobbyist woodworker, as a farmer - mastic grower, I want to thank you for helping me so much to calibrate my state of mind and use my body effectively on my farming. Greetings from Chios - Greece!
At last! A project where I definitely won't end up tearing the wood!
ahahahahaha! good one!
^^^ hangs head in shame... I tore the wood...
Me Too!! Must have been going against the grain..
Oh my word, fancy seeing you here! From Jason Burns to Paul Sellers. What a blessed relief!
😂 😂 😂 Best reply
This thing works great and has become a staple on my workbench ever since I heard about it. And for everyone trying to find every possible issue with it, Sellers has been using it for OVER 50 YEARS. I think if there were any issues at this point he would be well aware of it.
Watch the price of Waitrose tinned tomatoes skyrocket...
corn will plummet then you can use a corn can.
ha ha ha good one.
Paul's always pushing waitrose products, what a shill
I am going to make Rag in a can this weekend. I am 70 years old and setting up shop in garage to make some picture frames. Been watching about one year. Made my first hand cut dove tail box. Thank God for wood filler. Franklin in Chattanooga TN.
Franklin Sevy, I'm 30 and was wondering if I'm too old for woodworking. I'm setting a shop for small furniture projects
Heck no just the right age. I am trying to learn some older ways of doing things. I bought a used table saw, I just finished an all wood wood lathe from watching youtube. Would like to turn some bowls. Been making some hand carved spoons. Its Fun Franklin
Franklin Sevy that's the point. I'm about to receive a massive input of money from government, I'll put my shop together and hopefully become a woodworker
Ni
Bravo Frank ,never too late to start.
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It's funny how we think we know. I've used the same rag in a can oiler and worked with men who taught me and did the same for over five decades now and never once did I see this supposed problem occur. It just sits there on my bench wide open for daily use over a lifetime.
In School, my woodwork teacher (Mr Cook) showed us this little gem, and here I am, 50 years later, still using a rag in a can oiler, and I've never had any issues with it :)
My apologies if I was stepping on your approach to the rag in a can. I used the towel as it was the only thing I had suitable for the application. I have no doubt your idea is perhaps better, I consider you to be the definitive source regarding these and other areas. Thanks for your videos.
paul please can you help me,im on a very tight budget, and i need chissels and a plane ,ive been waiting for aldi chissels but they havent been in stock for over a year, so any budget ones you like?, and also a budget plane to cover most basic diy, im very good at sherpening and have watched and will do like your videos, thanks for the vids and all the best
lazy carper um mayby a irwin set
@@lazycarper7925 Really the cheapest chisel on the planet will work. Although you will to work a lot more getting them in tune; you know flat bottom,and proper edge. An once their tuned,and properly sharp you will have to keep the edge keen by stropping more often then a high quality set,but it will work just fine until you save your funds up to buy a good quality set. i got mine at Harbor Freight a four piece set of bench chisel for $8.00 u.s an after a lot of work they've done well for almost three years now. I'd love to get a nice set,but these haven't broke... yet. lol
Sellers, in my opinion, is such a great instructor. I think it's how he varies his tone of voice and his choice of words that keeps my attention and makes his instructions easy to follow. If my teachers growing up could hold my attention half as good as Sellers, I would've enjoyed learning and had been excited to go to school.
I finally realized that I need to get a life. I spent 9 minutes watching a guy stuff a rag in a can.
If you do what he has then you will have a life.
Get a life.
Yeah, but it was worth it!
This is what makes UA-cam so special. Little known down home ideas from around the world that are so simple yet so obscure. My grandfather actually taught me something similar to this years ago as well. He also taught me how to clean lawnmower air filters with gasoline and how to use asbestos for insulation but who's counting! ... Haha! 😂😂 Great video Paul!
The can I used tended to slip on the bench top. I glued a piece of rubberized drawer liner to the bottom of the can, and now it works as intended.
Brilliant idea!! I found it hard to get the rolled up fabric into the can so, I used a large screw band hose clamp around the fabric about 10-15mm above lip of the can to compress the fabric then push it in. Once pushed in loosen the clamp, move it up 15 mm and repeat. Great thing to have around.
I just watched a man stuff a rag in a can for 9 minutes and I regret nothing
It's amazing how I just watched someone stuff a shirt into a can and enjoyed the whole thing. Great job Paul. Your ability to teach is amazing. Keep up the great work
me too Tom!! Great little video.
Me - An 8-minute video to put a rag in a can? Seriously?
(Clicks video)
0:35 Oh. That's a good idea...
Ends up watching an 8-minute video on stuffing a rag in a can...
He's the "Bob Ross" of woodworking. I'll be sad when I've finally watched all his videos.
Actually no, I'll likely be too busy making stuff ;)
This is the onion-layered mastery of Mr. Sellers. Lessons within lessons. Pay attention. It's in there.
The Paul Sellers effect. Thank goodness this gentleman restricts his instruction to woodworking and doesn't attempt something sinister.
Thanks for letting me see that demonstrated again. It brought back memories, because it's a technique my Granddad taught me. I'm blowing my own trumpet here, but I've refined it a tad.
If you use a plastic pot instead of a tin can and warm it up a bit, the plastic expands sufficiently to get the rag in easily without all the faffing about, and contracts to hold firmly, as it cools.
In addition there is absolutely no chance of damaging tools with metal to metal contact when you use it.
Good call 👍 I like it
At the risk of asking a stupendously dumb question, where might one find a suitably sized plastic pot? Asking for a friend whose mind is currently drawing a blank 😄
@@apmeehan It doesn't have to be a specific size pot. The bottom cut off a 500ml plastic bottle works quite well.
@@farrier2708 Ahh of course. Cheers!
Simple, practical and cheap, useful for many trades not just carpentry, very nice video Paul.
It's the little things that make me smile. Sticking the partly made role of cloth in the vice to hold it. Why didn't I think of that?
Empty Head the man does keep saying it's your third hand.
My late big brother was an apprenticed carpenter. He showed me the rag in a can idea many years ago and I'm really glad Paul has this media to be able to share the idea. This video prompted me to make another one partly because after a while you can't trim the frayed cotton anymore and partly because I had a long piece of 5mm thick by 40mm wide leather to try. I prepared the can as Paul instructs, Packed the bottom with some of the oil filled tee shirt from the last can. Then I coiled the leather real tight a forced it into the can before re-charging it with 3 in 1 oil. This comment is over three years later April 2020. I'm using the same can which works no better than the rag idea but the upside is there is no fraying and it doesn't catch on saw teeth.
That's a great solution. I just need to find some leather now
Of course I'd already made one from watching Mr. Sellers' videos. Watched the video anyway. Paul's video team makes good vids.
After too many years in a tiny city-centre flat I now have the workshop space and a house to fill with furniture. I have been binge-watching your videos for the past month, I have just made a rag-in-a-can oiler. My first project; now I need to get on and make the workbench, restore an old plane, acquire a spokeshave, sharpen tools properly…
Thankyou, every moment of your presentation is informative, a pleasure to watch and listen, and learn.
Excellent - I'd made one about a week ago and I can see it's Rag-in-a-can 1.0 without some of the refinements here, but it works :) I'd suggest, not the least flippantly, that if you sold Paul Sellers t-shirts without your name on them, but with a prominent Rag-in-a-can in the center, any of your regular viewers would know who was behind it!
Will probably make one to keeo my milling machine table oiled, no more oily hands from oily rags!
a lifetime can? Heck, my can will be included in my will, so that it will last through the ages.
Paul, Did you cut up Dorothy’s dress? Toto is going to bite you!
Its a useful thing, I have something similar I made using one of those tubes you get drill bits in, that way I have a lid on it. I can then keep mine in the tool box without making a mess. I use mine with cheap motor oil as its for rough outdoor work and preventing tools rusting.
I very much appreciate the improved video quality. High end cameras are not cheap, those.
I found a little wax rubbed on the sole does wonders for friction.
I’m eating beans on toast just to make one , in the bin go my oily rags thank you
finally made one of these and all i can say is that i wish I had done so a long time ago. Wonderful tip thanks Paul!
What a fantastically simple idea, I'm going to rush off an make one of these. Presumably 3-in-1 is a suitable oil?
Wobblycogs Workshop I heard him say a while ago 3in1 is a perfect one to use. :)
I use 3-in-1, and it works great!
Yup, 3-in-1 or any other light machine oil will do the trick.
It seems to me you can make more then one and label em for which oil you want to use.
I just love these videos were you teach us the real know how, the tiny details, the little tools we can make. Thanks, Paul!
Great idea Paul. Seen you use this many times. Thanks for sharing how you make one. I'm surprised how much rag you can get in a can. All the best. Really enjoy the videos thanks again for sharing your knowledge.
You Sir, are a genius...
As cool as this is, I still find a small piece of paraffin wax covers nearly all the same uses, just handier and not as messy.
Great idea. Looking forward to the next video on the stool!
Its up and fixed now.
Fantastic. This is much easier than spraying WD40 onto a rag and then wiping it on my saw every time. Thanks :)
An elegant oiler, for a more civilised age.
Awesome little trick!
Hi there from Portugal,
I use this and is great :D
Obrigado(thanks)
This is a great idea. I made mine using an empty deodorant plastic container. So it got a lid and twisty thingy to push it up.
Today I just made my rag in a can oiler. I am excited in a few days I will have my perfect tool to oil my tools. Before I experimented with light machine oil and it is like Paul said, it leaves no markes. Thank you Paul for this awsome tip.
Fantastic video. I might have to make one of these for myself. Is there any danger of this spontaneously combusting like oily rags tend to do?
Halfway through my third bottle of 3-in-1 the day after making my can and I thought to measure the actual volume 'cause I'm wondering why its taking so much. I figured on sight it couldn't be much bigger than Paul's (250ish ml?). Nope, mine is 500ml.
Fantastic Paul! Thank You, been making Sawdust for 52 of my 61 years and Honestly never thought of Your Rag in a Can. Not saying that I don't Lubricate Bladed and Irons. Far from it, but I've been more the Hunk of Bees Wax, Can of squirt oil and a rag to wipe off the excess.
again Thanks ... And we Yankees might say, "Cool Tool" my friend... Have Great Week, Joe
I've been lubricating tools with ends of candles for decades. And advising others to do the same thing.
I have to revise that now.
Damn you Mr Sellers. You have ruined everything.
In addition to a rag-in-a-can, I also have a second one that is the same, except for being tied with sisal around it instead of being stuffed into a can. That one, I use for oiling and cleaning my oil stones and anything cast iron, and as it gets dirty, I shave off the top with a knife, and it's ready again.
thank God. Finally Paul can lay to rest all of these goofy yahoo 'rag in a can' youtubers.
What about spontaneous combustion? This is otherwise amazing!
Such practical and helpful tutorial. Thank you.
Nice video, Paul.
I built an oiler last year, where I had seen the oiler with you.
I also took an empty can of tin and then took the pants leg of an old jeans pants and then soaked with oil.
I also use the oiler for my saws and planer.
Thanks for the interesant and educational videos.
Greetings from Germany.
Now I know what to do with my old jeans. Thanks michael
Thank you for the great idea. I watched the video with my wife and we made a couple of these the next day. to make things easier for my wife, I put a couple of large hose clamps around the roll of fabric to compress it when putting it into the can. She was able to put almost an entire long sleeve XL cotton shirt into an 8 ounce can - amazing!
These work great. I've used mine for awhile now. Ever since I saw it on an older one of you videos using a plane.
I made two of these for my current shop. One lives on the bench and one lives where I keep my tools.
I've seen a few videos and seen news items about oily rags spontaneously combusting. Why doesn't thsi can do that?
If it wasn't King Sellers doing this I would scoff. But as it is, then I might have to eat some tinned tomatoes!
How do you store the can to insure that the oil does not spontaneously ignite?
Buongiorno Maestro, mi piacerebbe sapere che tipo d'olio impiega.
Grazie
Warning Wd40 is abrasive.another good for using this method
Great video! Can I use 3 in 1 oil fo this? Can I use the rag in a can on cast metal worktops like my table saw, bandsaw, surface planer etc to lubricate and prevent rust?
Can we use Singer All Purpose Sewing Machine Oil for this purpose?
And with the tiny tomato paste tins and a handkerchief you can make a pocket version.
5:20 the editor wanted to cover swears :)
I have always used one. I use an off cut of old carpet under-felt instead of rag. You probably can’t get the felt any more, so I may have to start using rags for the next one.
I've been working with wood since I was five when my grandfather introduced me to woodworking, but made a rag in a can two years ago when I first saw your video and it work really well, I'm now retired so you are always learning. Thanks Paul
In high heat and humidity work areas is there a possibility of spontaneous combustion?
I'm going hunting for a can now. Many thanks Paul.
It's the little things Paul does but doesn't explain that surprise me. Such as using one hammer in the vise as the anvil to round the can edge. Silly little problem solvers.
i never leave oily rags around. I worry about spontaneous combustion. Why isn't that an issue with this?
Thank you Mr. Sellers! It looks like I'll be making spaghetti tonight.
Great idea. My wife did the cutting/rolling after she heard me saying I needed one. Thank you.
What to give to someone who already has everything ! Oil in a can, love it.
Paul have you ever had an issue with heat build up in your oily rag? As a fire fighter I have always been concerned about heat build up in oily rags.
Paul uses machine oil, not linseed oil or any other self combusting oil. There's no problem with heat build up if used in anything like the manner Paul describes.
Thanks John that helps .
I was searching comments for this exact question.
I just made myself one and will start using it tomorrow! I only came here to warn anyone willing to go for it that watching the oil dripping on the rag and getting soaked in is ADDICTIVE!!! I lost 2 hours of my time watching it go slowly drop by drop and put the whole oil container into my rag in a can! That is not a problem, but just wanted to warn you that if you're not relaxing at 10pm like I am this could cause time budgeting issues! Thanks Paul for the knowledge you pass onto us.
Do you leave the top exposed all the time or do you have some sort of cover for when it's not in use? I think it would attract a lot of dirt and sawdust if left open.🙂🙂
Thanks, I made one last weekend using a can and some old bath cloths. I think it will work out fine.
You could always put a coat of furniture wax on the sole of the plane. I use the citrus kind.
I like it. Thanks for the tip. Ill make one.
Hey Paul try oiling inside the can then add the cloth,,,,,
I was quite impressed that this was all accomplished in one video . I had thought surely it would be three parts . I was however confused a bit as there was no reference of the Imperial measurements for this project .
I found that my rag-in-a-can oiler was catching sawdust and shavings. I took a larger can, removed the burr on the edge and fitted it over the can with the rag. No more pollution of the oiler.
RH Hutchins great idea
Большое спаибо за перевод на русский. Если бы мог ставил бы по 5👍под видео
Thank you so much for showing this to everyone, it much appreciated 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Made my Paul Sellers Rag-in-a-can oiler last night - works great! I just re-oiled a lot of my tools, large & small. I used a sweet corn can - smaller diameter than Paul's but same height (~3"); a bigger diameter will allow slightly faster coverage on saws and there is no real advantage to going smaller, it was the only small can available. I used a holey old toweling tea towel from the rag bag to stuff the can and soaked it with my selected (Tesco) Baby oil (£2 for 500ml) honing oil which contains only: "paraffinum liquidum" (light mineral oil/kerosene?) and "parfum" (scent) - you need Latin and/or a degree in industrial chemistry to understand labels in the UK these days it seems :( Works well on carving gouges, knives, adzes, axes and chisels as wells as saws & planes. Excellent.
Would Caramba 70 oil be fine for this too? Thank you for the video.
Now I know what my bench is missing I know what I'm making tomorrow
This is one of the very best sites I have ever found on UA-cam-!
I am preparing my own workshop in the garage and a lot of the inspiration for this has come has come from watching these Paul Sellars videos, I have had the deep desire to make things with wood for many years but have been put off by my lack of knowledge, Mr Sellers is helping me overcome that and I am deeply grateful to him.
Thank You Paul.
I’m going to make one of those handy devices today
thanks for making this video, love the great quality of this recording!
I've been looking for a long time to find out what it is?
A poor man's oiler.
Thank you for the video.
Thanks great tip! Made mine a couple weeks ago.
Just found your channel, I wish I had your patience You are a legend!
Looks like a *Mushroom Can* for size.
It's just timely topic for me , thank you!
use a piston ring compressor tool to get it small
Your videos make me happy. Thank you.
I've been waiting for this video for 2 years!
Thanks Paul! So glad you finally did this video!!