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RE: key oiling IS necessary

Author: Don Berger
Date: 2001-10-04 14:19

What an interesting discussion of clar keywork [small-sized machinery] lubrication!! YES, IMHO it needs it, for rapid , unimpeded motion AND protection from rusting of steel screws and rods. While there are many-many "oils", dating on back to "naturals" [fish, whale, vegetable and soaps] and now-a-days highly refined [and selected] petroleum and petrochemical [polyolefinic et al - additions to "base" oils], the factors of smell, degradability, viscosity and "Viscosity Index" [highly important when used in internal and other combustion services] are taken into consideration by lube engineers. I didn't intend to "lecture" on this, but have had some practical experience. I like to use the mfgr-supplied key oils with maybe 10% of added automotive oil, SAE 5, 10, 30, [distillate-oils] SAE 40 + [solvent-extracted oils] in a "sparing" fashion, wiping up any spillage-seeping from wood/plastic bodies, applied to the points of potential friction, and watching capillarity do its beneficial work!! However, "to each his own method" . Don

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