On Fri, 6 Feb 1998, Allison J Parent wrote:
 < Aluminium galls too bad to use with aluminium against aluminium. and it
 I used to used a aircraft silicone lube on mine and cleaned it
 periodically.  Otherwise it would bind annoyingly. 
Talcum powder was the answer for the mahogany ones.
                                                 - don
  <been a lot of slide rules made of it.  My MB_4 and
EB-6 aircraft navigati
 <slide rules are both built of it.  My dad had an old (K&E ?) rule that's
 <also aluminium.
 I may add that it depends on the alloy too.
 Allison
  
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