[Heathkit] SB-200 Question - Seeking advice - WORKING

[Ron Youvan]

Joe Stefanelli wrote:

> True (regarding using synthetic oil).  Clock oil is the ultimate synthetic
> lubricant (assuming no one is still distributing whale oil, which is what
> clock makers used to use).  It has no distillates to evaporate and never
> gums up.  That's why it's used for clocks and watches.

   Actually in whale oil all of the molecules are the same sizes so there are no shorter to 
evaporate and leave the longer.
Synthetic oil is the same, all of the molecules are the same size, so when part of them evaporate, 
the remaining are all the original viscosity.
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