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Oil Cans

A few words on oil. It's really important to oil your old machine, and you MUST use sewing-machine oil, not 3-in-1 or cooking oil or margarine or WD40 or some odd sticky stuff you found under the sink. For a long time it was one of the few things I didn't sell, as I couldn't find a source in bottles that didn't leak in the post. Try locally; if no sewing shops then gun oil is a really good substitute, or ask where they sell machine tools.
I now have the genuine Singer article, in reliable bottles, at £4.50 a go!
Anyway, please do the thing with the lubrication - after 8 hours of use, or once a month. A good trick for all sorts of machines is to clean out the bobbin area with a cotton-bud (Q-tip) dipped in sewing machine oil - this cleans out the gunk and lubricates all in one go and you can't overdo it. Even machines which claim to need "no oil" will benefit from this...

Note that these older cans and bottles are vintage items and probably unreliable - for everyday use, buy some new oil in a new bottle, please..
Gears, on the other hand, need grease. Almost any brand will do, and Vaseline is perfectly good for this

The British Post Office will not allow posting of machine oil in insecure containers, so if you buy a vintage bottle and it has contents, they will be removed before sending.. Sorry

Page updated November-almost-December 2021 and three times since
I finally got them all out of the boxes (and photographed)...
(and then washed my hands, several times...)
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TOOIL000 Proper, new, sealed Singer oil... £4.50
UK Only!
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TOOIL001 Singer domed, reasonable; £10		 tooil001a
TOOIL001a Singer domed, better; £12		 tooil040
TOOIL040 Tall Singer oval can, no stopper, 4-3/4" x 2-1/4" x 1-1/4"; £8.50
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TOOIL029 Later Singer oil tube, 5 x 1/2"; £3
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TOOIL007 Similar to TOOIL006, 150 x 90 x 90 mm; £15		 tooil033
TOOIL033 Singer big dome; £15		 tooil003
TOOIL003 Conical big can; £9.50
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TOOIL052 Big Dome can; £15		 tooil006
TOOIL006 Singer Big Dome 150 x 70 x 70 mm; £20
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TOOIL09 Small domed copper and brass 47 x47 x 80mm; £8.50		 tooil041
TOOIL041, 3 x 2"; £9.50
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TOOIL002 Small dome; £8.50		 tooil038
TOOIL038 Small dome 6-1/2 x 3-1/4; £9.50		 tooil033a
TOOIL033a Small dome 3 x 2-18; £9.50
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TOOIL034a Small dome with celluloid spout 3 x 2-18; £8.50		 tooil035
TOOIL035 Small dome, Alfa, 3 x 2; £9.50		 tooil037
TOOIL037 Small dome, Mundlos, 3-1/2 x 2; £9.50		 tooil037a
TOOIL037a Small dome, bent spout, 3-1/4 x 2-1/8; £8.50
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TOOIL030 Cylinder, bent spout, 3-1/4 x 5/8; £7.50		 tooil031
TOOIL031 Banjo with stopper; £7.50		 tooil019
TOOIL019 Plated banjo no stopper 3-1/2 x 2"; £4.50		 tooil020
TOOIL020 Small banjo, no stopper 3-3/4 x 1-5/8" threaded spout; £6
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TOOIL021 Steel banjo can, no stopper 4-1/2 x 2-1/4; £6
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TOOIL047 Banjo with stopper 5 x 2"; £8.50		 tooil011
TOOIL011 Yellow celluloid flat, 40 x 18 x 210 mm; £3.50
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TOOIL012 Lay-down plastic; £2.50		 tooil017
TOOIL017 Plastic; £3.50		 tooil028
TOOIL028 Grey plastic 4-1/8 x 1-3/4 x 7/8; £3
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TOOIL060 Plastic banjo 4-1/2 x 1-7/8; £2		 tooil056
TOOIL056 Flat plastic 4-1/2 x 1-1/2; £2		 tooil055
TOOIL055 Jones flat plastic; £3		 tooil059
TOOIL059 Flat round plastic 4"; £3
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TOOIL057a, 4-1/8 x 2"; £2		 tooil058
TOOIL058 Necchi, 5 x 7/8"; £3
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TOIL027 Singer Lubricant - collector-stuff, not really usable. Cannot be posted abroad; £4.50, choose your type..		 tooil058a
TOOIL058a Little capsules, 25p each
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TOOIL054 Singer late Lube Tube with card; SOLD
TOOIL054a, no card; £2.50		 tooil018
TOOIL018 Spouts and closers; £3.50 pair

Oil Can and Tool Box Holders


CA001 Metal holder for the black Singer toolboxes - from a 99k case originally; £4.50

CA002 Oil can holder for the round base type (see above); £3
CA003 Wire oil can holder for the round base type (see above); £1.50
CA090 Oil can holder for the oval Green type (see above) - be warned that these can scratch the paint!; £2

Sundry Odds and Sods


CA063 Springs to hold a manual inside the case - possibly F & R; £1 each
CA093 Spring to hold a manual inside the case; £1
CA094 Spring to hold a manual inside the case; £1
My address is:-
Helen Howes
Helen Howes Sewing Machines
1 Castell Farm Cottages, Thurlton Road, Raveningham, Norfolk NR14 6NY. UK
07914 676182
Email me here - helen@helenhowes-sewingmachines.co.uk
I prefer that you email me (at any time), or phone between 3 and 6 (UK time) most days