I guess I forgot to mention that my bearings are some sort of plastic bearings that are supposed to never need oiling, so no hole was put in the instrument for oiling. After a year, it developed a bad case of 'chirping' - like a cricket set up house in my instruments. It just got louder and louder. When I heard that Balzs was coming to the States and staying with Arle for a few days, I flew to NY fron Syracuse to meet up with him to give it a 'look see' .
Diagnosis - I was using way too much rosin and the excess powder was migrating and getting to the internal plastic bearing. Solution - Balazs drilled the small oiling hole that usually came with his instruments before he started using the plastic ones. A few drops of oil did the trick. So in this case baby oil was appropriate. Thank you for jarring my memory before people begin to use baby oil on their wooden bearings. - Paul ########### On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 21:44:21 -0000 "Michael Muskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have not followed this about oil and I suppose you are oiling > metal > bearings. 3 in 1 or any light oil should do. But if you are oiling > a > wooden bearing you should never us oil made from petrochemicals > because > it breaks down the cell walls. For this you should use 50/50 castor > oil > and pure natural turps. If it gets a bit sticky wash out with > turps. > Michael > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf > Of Paul Sherman > Sent: 09 February 2008 19:07 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [HG] Bearings > > By the way, Balzs Nagy recommends baby oil, when I last spoke with > him. > - Paul > ########## > On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 00:29:21 -0500 "Kathy Hutchins" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes: > > From: "Paul Sherman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Use a hypodermic needle or slid a few drops of light oil down a > > > broom > > > straw. Keep a cloth handy to take care of any drops that try to > > > make a > > > run for it . > > > > If you go to a site that sells supplies for spinning and weaving > > wool, you > > can buy bottles of a very light weight oil (I believe it's the > same > > oil > > gunsmiths use) that is used for oiling the moving parts of > spinning > > wheels. > > It's a small bottle with a very small gauge needle dropper screwed > > > into the > > top. You can squeeze out a tiny amount with no spillage. I've had > > > the same > > bottle for five years and it's not half gone. > > > > Kathy Hutchins > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.21/1267 - Release Date: > 08/02/2008 20:12 > > > >
