[GreenKeys] The proverbial lubrication questions.

[Jones, Douglas W]

On Aug 11, 2016, at 7:23 AM, Jeffrey D Angus wrote:

> This looks interesting.
> <http://crcindustries.com/ei/product_detail.aspx?id=03081>

On the + side, an aerosol can looks really convenient.
However, they don't state a viscosity, but generally, flash point goes up with viscosity, and the specs they do give make me guess this is closer to 10 weight sewing machine oil than to the 20 weight KS7470.

That's to say, it's exactly the right oil to use on my Taig lathe ways (I now use sewing machine oil, the spec merely says 10 weight), and not a bad choice to use as a cutting oil during machining operations.  Would it harm a Teletype?  Not likely.

> And this
> <http://lucasoil.com/pdf/TDS_Red-Tacky-Grease.pdf>

Can't see how it would hurt.

		Doug Jones
		jones at cs.uiowa.edu