I always have a spray bottle of soluble cutting oil on or near the lathe, but sometimes you needs something a bit more lubricious when for instance using a centre drill. Easy, put a small tin of oil with a brush in it near the headstock and off you go .... until you knock it over or it vibrates off
On another forum I picked up a simple solution and put it here to share with other members:
- Buy some plastic unspillable child's paint pots
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Drop a rare earth magnet in the bottom- Put in the oil of your choice and a small paint brush
- pop it on a suitably magnetic bit of of your headstock
It works a treat, and is cheap to do. I use undiluted soluble oil, so it mixes ok with the oil in the lathe coolant tank.
I bought a pack of 6 of the paint pots for about £6, and the other five can go in the 'entertaining grand-children' cupboard for later use
Note: this is not my idea, but it's a good one so I pass it on
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/150999629684?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
