[GreenKeys] Teletype oil

[Richard Knoppow]

    I've used spindle oil in the past but can't remember where. I 
think camera shutters. There is a lot of information about it on 
the web. Sounds like it would be fine for Teletype machines 
although the viscosity may be too low.

On 5/7/2018 7:28 PM, Roy Morgan wrote:
> On May 4, 2018, at 4:11 PM, Richard Knoppow 
> <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com <mailto:1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>> wrote:
> ...
>    I am bothered by the term "motor oil" in this thread. Surely, 
> what Teletype offered was "machine oil”.
> 
> 
> Just to Gum Up The Works (discussion):  Sorry I could not resist:
> 
> I have a quantity of Mobil Velocite Spindle Oil - Medium.
> I wonder if this oil would be suitable for teletype machines.
> 
> I find this description online:
> (At: 
> https://www.mobil.com/english-us/industrial/pds/glxxmobil-velocite-oil-no-series. 


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