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Topic: Stringmaster tuning key lubricant |
Jim Hussey
From:
Reno, Nevada - USA
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Posted 6 Jun 2006 5:36 pm |
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Anyone care to recommend the best lubricant / oil for the tuning keys on a Stringmaster?
Thanks! |
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Rick Collins
From:
Claremont , CA USA
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Posted 7 Jun 2006 8:53 pm
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| White lithium grease. |
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 8 Jun 2006 3:33 am
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Here's a quote by Jody Carver from another thread and he's the Fender expert around here.
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| Try using a lightweight oil such as sewing machine oil or maybe a very lightweight "gun oil" that would do the trick,,,you would not use too much just a drop will do it,,,,the gun oil is very light and used on the mechanism of rifles etc,,,,,, |
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 8 Jun 2006 4:46 am
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| White lithium grease. |
Very clean indeed! 
I don't know about tuners, but when I received my chromatic Hohner, they sent Astro Glide to lubricate the slide.  |
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Dave Van Allen
From:
Souderton, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 8 Jun 2006 7:14 am
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Howard...
maybe 'cause it's "non toxic" lube, to put on a "mouth organ"... I wouldn't want a tongue full of 3 in 1 oil...
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Rick Collins
From:
Claremont , CA USA
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Posted 8 Jun 2006 7:42 am
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| ... I wouldn't want a tongue full of 3 in 1 oil... |
Why not Dave?
...tastes a lot like chicken (fat). |
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Jim Hussey
From:
Reno, Nevada - USA
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Posted 11 Jun 2006 2:17 pm
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So I dug through that cabinet in the back of the laundry room and found an old can of 3 in 1. The oil in the can was older than the oil in the tuning keys! Picked up a new can and it worked great. Thanks for the 411
Jim |
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Rick Collins
From:
Claremont , CA USA
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Posted 12 Jun 2006 8:44 am
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Any lubricant works great for a while, Jim. Bacon grease in the crankcase of your car works great for a while.
3 in 1 oil is thin, runs off and dissipates. Grease hugs the gears and won't run.
Thin oil is for higher motion moving parts. And, it needs to be re-applied often.
[This message was edited by Rick Collins on 12 June 2006 at 12:50 PM.] |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 12 Jun 2006 10:39 am
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I've always had good luck with the white
lithium grease on gears. Stays in place. |
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