6 Sep
2002
6 Sep
'02
12:16 a.m.
At 12:14 PM 9/6/2002 +0100, John Honniball wrote:
What I need is a recommendation for finding teletype
oil, or
something similar to lubricate the mechanical parts of these
machines. The oil on the machines at the moment seems to have
got very sticky, and nothing moves freely any more.
As I recall from the (as you might imagine endless) conversations
on the Greenkeys RTTY mailing list, you'll do just fine with
any sort of synthetic heavyweight auto oil. Or a good 3-in-1 oil.
As you note, it's more important to clean and free those sticky
joints, and then use a real oil.
- John