[TUHS] the distinct smell of light machine oil, was Re: TUHS Digest, Vol 33, Issue 7

[Pete Turnbull]

On 10/08/2018 17:24, Tom Ivar Helbekkmo wrote:
> Pete Turnbull <pete at dunnington.plus.com> writes:
> 
>> The Teletype manual definitely doesn't suggest 3-in-One oil
> 
> A couple of decades ago, I got hold of a Teletype that sort of worked,
> but was extremely unreliable.  After studying that manual, and deciding
> that the proper lubrication plan was too complex for my tastes, I just
> turned the thing on with the top off, and emptied a spray can of CRC
> 5-56 into the mechanism while exercising the keyboard.  It proceeded to
> work well for my off-and-on use for several years after that.

TBH, I suspect that for occasional use, you don't need to use the 
perfect lubricants, just not something that turns into glue during 
periods of disuse.  I wouldn't spray WD40 into anything, though, except 
maybe a dried out ribbon which was what Warner described.

-- 
Pete
Pete Turnbull