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27th Dec 2020, 10:34 AM #1
Lubricant for Vices
What do you use for lubricant on a vice?
After spending hours scraping off hardened dried grease, dirt and crud, I don’t want it to end up like this again.
It swivel at the base and the jaws swivel in the body.
Before photo.
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27th Dec 2020, 11:17 AM #2
Dry graphite is what some manufacturers recommend.
If you have any, perhaps white lithium grease might do?
I don't see it it around anymore ,maybe its all going into battery manufacture?
Regular cleaning and re lubing seems a good idea.
Grahame
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27th Dec 2020, 12:11 PM #3Member: Blue and white apron brigade
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I use moly wheel bearing grease - its supposed to be good for slow-motion high-pressure applications. My 1967 purchased join vice got lubed that way in the 1980s and is still good and smooth.
I also use small amounts of it in Guy Lautard's home baked way oil recipe.
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27th Dec 2020, 12:38 PM #4Member: Blue and white apron brigade
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I have some white Li grease as a spray, bought a new can last year.
The spray is semi penetrating - I use it for lubing WW machinery.
I generally blow the dust off the thing I'm (re)greasing, spary it on and let it dry. It dries as a thin solid layer that does't seem to collect as much dust as regular grease. By solid I don't mean hard like regular grease.
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