09-06-2015, 03:14 PM
Form tool. 
I've collected a few of the old school " Eagle 66" oil cans off of eBay and they normally arrive all bent up and dented from being dropped on the shop floor time and time again. Hammering out the dents in the side of the bodies is pretty straight forward, but when the flared base is smashed and folded over it's not so easy to restore them to their original radius and shape.
Took a leftover drop of aluminum round and bored it to fit over the main body, then countersunk the ID with a ball end mill in the lathe to try to duplicate the original shape & radius of the flared bottom. It's far from perfect, but at least the cans sit up straight again.
Just set the ring on top of my open bench vice jaws, drop in the oiler body, and apply a little persuasion with a raw hide mallet until the base comes back into shape.
I've collected a few of the old school " Eagle 66" oil cans off of eBay and they normally arrive all bent up and dented from being dropped on the shop floor time and time again. Hammering out the dents in the side of the bodies is pretty straight forward, but when the flared base is smashed and folded over it's not so easy to restore them to their original radius and shape.
Took a leftover drop of aluminum round and bored it to fit over the main body, then countersunk the ID with a ball end mill in the lathe to try to duplicate the original shape & radius of the flared bottom. It's far from perfect, but at least the cans sit up straight again.
Just set the ring on top of my open bench vice jaws, drop in the oiler body, and apply a little persuasion with a raw hide mallet until the base comes back into shape.
Willie