Dave You can extend any oiler by obtaining some very small brass tubing from the hobby shop. I believe the diameter is 1/16" o.d. which will allow you to insert the "needle" from the oiler inside the tubing and direct the lubricant of choice to the desired destination. I carry a length in my tuning box that is approximately 10" long. Instead of an oiler I place the tube into the bottle of Protek and stick my finger over then end of the tubing. This holds just the right amount of liquid to be applied to a flange. Then I move the tubing to the desired location and remove my finger allowing gravity to flow out the lubricant. This works great on hammer flanges on a vertical or jack flanges as well on both verticals and grands. If I have a whole section to lube I will break out the hypo-oiler and apply in that fashion. I determined the ideal length for my needs to be able to fit into my tuning box so the 10 inches has no other magical function. Norman Cantrell, RPT --- On Wed, 6/27/12, Dave Bunch <davebpiano at gmail.com> wrote: From: Dave Bunch <davebpiano at gmail.com> Subject: [pianotech] Oiler To: pianotech at ptg.org Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 5:21 PM I have a 1oz plastic squeeze bottle oiler with a 3 1/4 inch needle for applying Protec and shrinking solutions. It is starting to leak around the collar so I have been looking for a new one. All that I find from the suppliers have 1 inch needles, maybe 2 inches. I have even searched online specialty suppliers and can't find anything. Why should it be so hard to to find one with a long needle? Actually between 4 and 5 inches would be ideal. If you are making an application to drop action hammer centers for example, what does everyone use if not one of these? Dave Bunch -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120627/7bb5cea9/attachment.htm>
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