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Re: [ATM] Re: Lubricating a worm-with what?
Use graphite. It won't leak all over the place when
it gets hot. It won't bind up when it gets cold. You
can reapply with an artist's pencil every few weeks
and not make a mess of your hands, and draw with the
'grease' when you're done.
Kevin of Eastern Iowa
Seeker of the Darkness
--- Woodchuck <djv@bedford.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Oct 2004, Tom and Beth wrote:
>
> > Looks like there are several schools of thought on
> the "best" lubricant on a
> > worm gear. From Assembly lube to lithium grease to
> plain old vaseline.
> >
> > If it matters, this is a Byers Aluminum gear with
> a stainless stell worm.
> > Low temps around here may get into the 20s, but
> highs are hundreds and
> > teens.
> >
> > I'm leaning towards using assembly lube, applied
> with a toothbrush, but it
> > never hurts to ask here first.
> >
> > Tom
> > Tucson, AZ
>
> A possibility -- easily obtained retail -- would be
> a gun grease
> intended for field use, which is about the
> temperature range you
> mention. "Tetra Lube" is available as a grease or
> an oil and as
> the name implies is loaded with teflon. It is
> particularly good
> for friction situations involved metals that tend to
> gall, which
> is a condition on modern firearms. Combinations of
> stainless steel
> and aluminum with themselves and with each other in
> sliding friction
> are among these, and are pretty much the same as a
> worm and wheel.
> This stuff is sold at nearly all gun shops.
>
> Do NOT use this on plastics. (Ask me about the
> swollen, ruined,
> jammed focusing mount on my spotting scope...)
> Vaseline is for
> plastics, I learned in bitter retrospect. Nothing
> is probably
> even better than Vaseline for plastics.
>
> Dave
> --
> In each of us, there burns a soul of a
> woodchuck.
> In every generation a few are chosen to
> prove it.
>
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