Reply With QuoteFunnily enough I was thinking about that when I saw your tin, but thought I was being too stupid so kept quiet. Glad it’s worked!
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Heard on here I believe you could possible take the dent out of an old Webley Oil tin with a bicycle pump? Was finally using an old tin in a casing and the dent really was bad. I have a car tire pump you plug into the car socket and it had a Presta valve screw on converter for bikes. That converter had a O ring that perfectly sealed on the tin top. Just holding it on in a flash it popped out. Not totally but a huge improvement. Plus it blessed me with a little squirt of red oil on my shirt.
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Funnily enough I was thinking about that when I saw your tin, but thought I was being too stupid so kept quiet. Glad it’s worked!
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Good effort, does improve the appearance.
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Genius!
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Great improvement. A small car dent (suction cup style) puller could also work, if the surface would support a seal...
Always looking for any cheap, interesting, knackered "project" guns. Thanks, JB.
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well done , for me it wouldn't of bothered me that much as by the looks the last guy squeezed it to make sure he had the last drop out of it !
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Still a lot of oil left in tin.Originally Posted by gc93
well done , for me it wouldn't of bothered me that much as by the looks the last guy squeezed it to make sure he had the last drop out of it !
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This is one of those threads you just HAVE to click on when you see the title!The ingenious fix therein is just icing on the cake.
Last edited by MDriskill; 30-10-2024 at 12:19 PM.
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If one could remove the label beforehand, this might be achievable, otherwise the label would probably be damaged.
I did the same trick many years ago, with a carefully controlled miniature compressor, and it worked well.
Too much pressure and the base could blow out, also the seams could burst.
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A manual pump and can/pump filled with oil instead of air would perhaps be the gentlest most controllable way?
Too many airguns!
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Possibly, but the can needs to be contained in a plastic bag, otherwise things could get a bit messy, as the OP found out.
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