Agreed, other than pivots, which require very little oil the verge and escapement may be oiled. Whale oil anyone?
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Rich <rich-mail at octoxol.com> wrote: > You do not oil gears except in special cases. Many people are not > swayed by sound engineering practices and proceed to ruin good > phonographs. Clocks have brass meshed with steel and so do most > phonographs. IF you find similar materials meshed with each other then > an extremely light coat is beneficial. Use a synthetic oil or a clock > oil. The 3 in 1 oil is crap. > > Mike Stitt wrote: > > The recent thread about the AB MacDonald brings up a good question. Among > > the many things I collect includes clocks. Now in the world of clocks you > > never oil gears, no and no. Should you oil gears in phonographs? Would > the > > higher rate of speed of the governor be a rationale? Would the presumed > > higher loads from a larger spring dictate oiling? I do and have oiled > > phonograph gears. Should we? And break the clock rule? > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >
