Whale oil comes from an endangered species and if you have any you are in trouble. Synthetic works well and is not endangered.
Mike Stitt wrote: > 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. >>
