[ARC5] Graphite

Sun Jan 20 15:15:30 EST 2013

Ooops, had not yet read this post when I sent mine on the same ARCO Graphite 
subject!

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From: Clare Owens <clare.owens at gmail.com>
To: Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net>
Cc: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sun, January 20, 2013 10:28:35 AM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Graphite

But then there was the Arco Graphite lubricating oil for automobile
engines.  Black as black can be.  I used it in the 1977 Ford Grenada I
inherited from my father in 1981 to try to prevent the piston
scuffing/whatever those 6 cylinder engines were subject to.  I still have
two unopened and one partially empty (half empty or half full??) quarts out
in my garage.  In another 20 years they should become collector's items if
the plastic holds up...

Clare

On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net>wrote:

> My Dad, a mechanic his whole life, used to chuckle about a co-worker he
> knew that thought graphite was a great lubricant for everything.
>
> And then one day there was this electric stove that quit working correctly
> and the guy decided that the buttons needed lubing - with his favorite,
> graphite.
>
> And that was the end of that stove!
>
> Wayne
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>> From: "Richard Knoppow" <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
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>>> Brushes are largely graphite:
>>>
>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Brush_(electric)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brush_(electric)>
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>>>
>>> It is the only form of carbon that has lowish electrical
>>> resistivity
>>> (except possibly for Bucky Tubes).
>>>
>>> -John
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>>     I can't even begin to make sense of the thread but I
>> suspect that any warnings about cleaning out after dressing
>> a commutator is to get rid of the abrasive residue of the
>> dresser and any metallic dust from the commutator.  There
>> are pretty complete instructions in many of the older books
>> on electrical maintenance.
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>> Someone on this list sent me a photo of substitutes for
>> Command Set shock mounts.  I was going to send him
>> something similar to try.   The person also wanted some
>> converter coils.   I've look for days and can't find the email
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>> From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
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>> On 19 Jan 2013 at 20:15, J. Forster wrote:
>>
>>  I am puzzled by your statement that Graphite is abrasive, especially
>>> since
>>> it is widely used as a dry lubricant.
>>>
>>> Messy, for sure, but abrasive?
>>>
>>
>> I know a geologist, Charles Knowles, here in Moscow who claims that
>> graphite is ONLY an
>> abrasive, and is never really a lubricant in the strict sense of that
>> word.
>>
>> He ran the equipment, xray machines, NMR, etc, with which he determined
>> the consituents
>> of various minerals and other materials for researchers. He was very
>> highly regarded for his
>> accuracy and was called upon for many criminal investigations, in
>> addition to the work he did
>> for researchers.
>>
>> As far as I know, the only place that graphite is commonly used as a
>> "lubricant" is in locks. In
>> that use, it is operated slowly enough and seldom enough so that its
>> abrasive qualities aren't
>> immediately obvious.
>>
>> It makes a darned fine metal polish.
>>
>> I would certainly never use it in a bearing...
>>
>> Ken W7EKB
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