How odd then that oiling gear teeth was recommended in Edison's instruction sheets. It's been a while since all those mechanical engineering courses, but I don't recall anything about dissimilar metal gears being "self lubricating." I even pulled out my Machinery's Handbook just to make sure.... not one word about it.
Keep the gears clean and lightly oiled. Regards, Loran On Jan 2, 2007, at 10:21 AM, Rich wrote: > Try this then. Why do you suppose that The Edison Co. went to all > of the trouble to build motors > where there was a brass gear meshed with a steel gear? It is not > an accident. Look at any Edison > motor. This dissimilar metal mesh cost a lot of money to manufacture. > > Rich > > On Tue, 2 Jan 2007 12:21:09 -0500, Ron L wrote: > >> I can agree with the possibility of dirt getting in grease and >> causing wear >> but I'm not sure about the "self lubricating" aspect of this >> post. Anyone >> else want to weigh in on this? > >> Ron L
