Hobbiest buying basic lubricants and associated tools - check my shopping list?

[halfapie]

Going back to the oil question:

According to ETA oil chart on 2824, there are only 4 different types of lubricants to use. And of those, 1 of them is a grease so there are only 3 different types of oil.

SO, can I get the Bergeon RED, BLUE and GREEN sizes of cups & oilers if I only work on the 2824? Or should I be getting different sizes or MORE sizes?

[ej0rge]

For that matter, I'm somewhat surprised that there aren't india-made glass oil cups at a fraction of the cost of the Bergeon models.

It's a piece of glass in a plastic container. How hard could it be to make one?

[Biased&Critical]

Interesting, you're the first to recognize that my username is related to pi / 2.

Darn. I was hoping this was available for consumption:

[pithy]

Darn. I was hoping this was available for consumption:

Remember:

Pie are round.

Cornbread are square.

And @1.57 are half-round.

Who wants pie anyway when you can have cobbler (BLACKBERRY!).

[lysanderxiii]

Going back to the oil question:

According to ETA oil chart on 2824, there are only 4 different types of lubricants to use. And of those, 1 of them is a grease so there are only 3 different types of oil.

SO, can I get the Bergeon RED, BLUE and GREEN sizes of cups & oilers if I only work on the 2824? Or should I be getting different sizes or MORE sizes?

You will still need a cup for the grease.

You should never dip directly into the jar.....

[ej0rge]

Remember:

Pie are round.

Cornbread are square.

And @1.57 are half-round.

Who wants pie anyway when you can have cobbler (BLACKBERRY!).

What if i bake my cornbread in one of my cast iron pans?

(I also have some hexagonal pie pans. These illicit thanksgiving day questions like "How do you cut this?" and answers like "With a knife")

[halfapie]

You will still need a cup for the grease.

You should never dip directly into the jar.....

Thanks!

But I still don't understand what size cups and tips to get.

For tips, there are:
extra fine
fine
medium
large
extra large

and for cups they are:
6mm
8mm
10mm
and the list goes on.

What is the "right" size assortment for the standard three oil + one grease setup?

The oilers are cheap enough that I wouldn't mind just getting all 5 sizes. But the cups are expensive and there are way more than 5 sizes!

[GeneJockey]

(I also have some hexagonal pie pans. These illicit thanksgiving day questions like "How do you cut this?" and answers like "With a knife")

Those seem perfectly reasonable questions. What's illicit about them?

[ej0rge]

Those seem perfectly reasonable questions. What's illicit about them?

My brain forgot to tell me that i meant to say elicit.

[lysanderxiii]

Thanks!

But I still don't understand what size cups and tips to get.

For tips, there are:
extra fine
fine
medium
large
extra large

and for cups they are:
6mm
8mm
10mm
and the list goes on.

What is the "right" size assortment for the standard three oil + one grease setup?

The oilers are cheap enough that I wouldn't mind just getting all 5 sizes. But the cups are expensive and there are way more than 5 sizes!

The size cup should be dependent how much oil you need. I use the smallest cups I can find (used), because I just put the smallest drop in the cup I can manage and when I'm done the 98% that remains get thrown out.

(I don't oil every day, so contamination is likely if the oil is left standing, even if covered, for several days...)

As to the oilers, their size governs ho much oil is carried from the cup to the movement. The smaller tips are used where the amount oil require is smaller, and vice versa.