Hey Mat: On my tablesaw, I use dry cilicone. It comes in a spray can like spray paint. To apply, you shake the can and spray where needed. It dries quickly and forms a protective coating.
Your saw might be caked up with a greece and sawdust gunk type mixture. This turns into a sticky like paste which will have to be cleaned. Since the dry cilicone is dry, saw dust won't stick to it. At any rate, I would clean the moving parts with meneral spirits or wd40 first and then coat with dry cilicone. Don't use wd40 as a lubercent. It doesn't hang around very long. Like you, I use wd40 to clean my cast iron table tops. The wd in wd40 stands for water displacement. I then use johson's paste wax to protect the surface and make the tables a little more slick. Terry On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:40:04 -0500you write: > >Hi ya, I'm wondering what's best to clean and lube the crank for raising my >table-saw up and down. It's really tough to turn. I >was thinking wd40 and then Johnson's paste floor-wax, but that's my answer to >just about anything. Well... I don't use wd-40 much >, but I feel a want-too, coming on again here lately. >I just read one of their FAQ's on the net. >I use it to clean my tool's table-tops and then I go over them with the wax. >I have axel Greece, which I use on the posts of my wife's golf-cart, but not >sure what else it is good for. > >Matt
