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Canned French Fries and Pastry

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During the course of my William & Mary Prie Dieu build, I had more than a few folks ask about the ever-present soup cans residing on my workbench. Contrary to popular belief, these cans do not contain french fries, nor pastry. In fact, sitting on my bench is an oil wick and a can of spills created with my spill plane.

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The spills, I use for lighting the various candles hanging around the shop. The oil wick, which is nothing more than a shop towel crammed into a soup can and saturated with mineral oil, is used to oil saws and hand planes.

Well … there ya go … mystery solved!
 

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Interesting, I've seen the rag in a can oiler before, but I just decided go make one myself for rust protection after seeing this. Guess i just had one of those "duh!" moments upon reading your blog.
 
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Interesting, I ve seen the rag in a can oiler before, but I just decided go make one myself for rust protection after seeing this. Guess i just had one of those "duh!" moments upon reading your blog.

- Oldtool
Not just rust protection, Tom … when planing a board, a quick drag across the wick every five or so strokes makes for easy work!
 
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Paul Sellers also has an "oil can" he uses.

Twas a time, long ago….took a #10 can from the Mess section, formed a spout in the rim. Two holes were punched for a length of "commo" wire. Collected every coffee pack in the squad's MREs. threw them all into the can and filled it up with water. Squad stove to bring to a boil…..first "batch" was strong enough to either dissolve the plastic spoon, or make it stand up straight in the cup….

Sargeant Coffee…aka Redeye…..( half & half? 1/2 cup of coffee, fill the rest of the way with Jack Daniels)
 
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Paul Sellers also has an "oil can" he uses.

Twas a time, long ago….took a #10 can from the Mess section, formed a spout in the rim. Two holes were punched for a length of "commo" wire. Collected every coffee pack in the squad s MREs. threw them all into the can and filled it up with water. Squad stove to bring to a boil…..first "batch" was strong enough to either dissolve the plastic spoon, or make it stand up straight in the cup….

Sargeant Coffee…aka Redeye…..( half & half? 1/2 cup of coffee, fill the rest of the way with Jack Daniels)

- bandit571
Bandidt … I do believe this is why I drink tea. LOL!
 
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