From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 5388508c for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2018 17:09:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id A97769E2D3; Sat, 11 Aug 2018 03:09:05 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4ED409E27F; Sat, 11 Aug 2018 03:08:54 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C5F299E27F; Sat, 11 Aug 2018 03:08:51 +1000 (AEST) Received: from avasout04.plus.net (avasout04.plus.net [212.159.14.19]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2B9519E27E for ; Sat, 11 Aug 2018 03:08:51 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mindy.dunnington.cx ([84.92.27.202]) by smtp with ESMTP id oAu8f5HMMI9T1oAu9fys0d; Fri, 10 Aug 2018 18:08:49 +0100 X-CM-Score: 0.00 X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.3 cv=Z6vC4kZA c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=W5Q3TbzFkoGugBkjAUuyvQ==:117 a=W5Q3TbzFkoGugBkjAUuyvQ==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=dapMudl6Dx4A:10 a=EBOSESyhAAAA:8 a=G29Nwf2qgajGBk2qIYAA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=yJM6EZoI5SlJf8ks9Ge_:22 Received: from [172.17.2.96] (natpool1.dunnington.cx [84.92.27.201]) by mindy.dunnington.cx (8.12.9/8.12.9/8.12.9.08) with ESMTP id w7AGwOb4022693 ;Fri, 10 Aug 2018 17:58:24 +0100 (BST) To: Tom Ivar Helbekkmo References: <20180808123229.86FD5E465F@mailuser.nyi.internal> <6EBCF9E5-4600-42D6-9F83-3E2966140540@donhopkins.com> <20180808135106.D7441E4636@mailuser.nyi.internal> <5B6B2A78.7070303@texoma.net> <20180809141509.GA91112@accordion.employees.org> From: Pete Turnbull Message-ID: <85b526f8-7327-6210-05fb-29bdfbe7d726@dunnington.plus.com> Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 17:58:18 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.9.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfPlvzggv7Gl70eq6wKLCu+Uk/70oHWPwjWgbJQ5Bn9wUkq341CnaB3ZyFOY/CS5MsLMGLw9AMYdpgyhGVvjIx6Ev4qLsBDtjlj9fe8almE7q6i/aKPve GomjXtYp4VVzwyOEbJax3tnpGM5kSOdiUKDKKlvcehFOfdjCwcbDaZjeNivqkUkYCP+7Al/YPZD4xg== Subject: Re: [TUHS] the distinct smell of light machine oil, was Re: TUHS Digest, Vol 33, Issue 7 X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: TUHS@minnie.tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On 10/08/2018 17:24, Tom Ivar Helbekkmo wrote: > Pete Turnbull writes: > >> The Teletype manual definitely doesn't suggest 3-in-One oil > > A couple of decades ago, I got hold of a Teletype that sort of worked, > but was extremely unreliable. After studying that manual, and deciding > that the proper lubrication plan was too complex for my tastes, I just > turned the thing on with the top off, and emptied a spray can of CRC > 5-56 into the mechanism while exercising the keyboard. It proceeded to > work well for my off-and-on use for several years after that. TBH, I suspect that for occasional use, you don't need to use the perfect lubricants, just not something that turns into glue during periods of disuse. I wouldn't spray WD40 into anything, though, except maybe a dried out ribbon which was what Warner described. -- Pete Pete Turnbull