[Jukebox-list] Lubin' a Seeburg!

[Jay Hennigan]

Ron Rich wrote:
> I do not reccomend either Lubriplate nor "sewing machine oil"--Ron Rich

I warned that this was a religious issue...  :-)

I think that if you avoid the use of those things generally regarded as 
"bad" such as WD-40 and regular 3-in-1 household oil, you will be fine 
for a very long time in household use.

I personally have had no problems with the Zoom-Spout brand of sewing 
machine oil.  Note that Zoom-Spout seems to refer to the container and 
not the oil inside.  Their sewing machine oil is almost clear, whereas 
their general use oil is yellow and quite a different product.  Sewing 
machines are rather similar to jukeboxes from a mechanical perspective, 
a collection of cams and sliding and rolling mechanical parts driven by 
an electric motor.  In household service they are used infrequently and 
in commercial use almost continuously.

Someone on the list acquired a supply of the oil formulation used by 
Seeburg back in the day.  This may be ideal, but on the other hand there 
have been advances in chemistry and failure analysis since this was 
formulated.

The bottom line is that the machine be cleaned and lubricated.  Cleaned 
is important, to remove the crud that has accumulated and formed from 
the old lubrication.  Lubricated to prevent wear and binding.  Exactly 
what lubrication can be a matter of personal preference but something 
will be better than nothing and any reasonably intelligent choice will 
work for a relatively long time.

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