[GreenKeys] Nye or other oil?

[Richard Knoppow]

    Kano Microil works fine. Its a light oil. One technique used 
when rebuilding typwriters was to use a mixture of light oil and 
kerosene. However, typewriters need very little lubrication, 
mainly the escapement and the bearings on the carriage. Do not 
oil the segment AKA type basket.
    You can find pretty good typewriter repair manuals at:
https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/tw-manuals.html

  Scroll down to find the repair manuals.
    The military manual is mostly a reprint of the Ames manuals.

On 3/15/2020 8:16 PM, Roy Morgan wrote:
> There must be a just-right oil for typewriters.
>
> I have unearthed from the Junque and Treasures here a portable 
> typewriter from the 1930's and would like to oil it back to 
> operation.
>
> Roy Morgan
> K1LKY Western Mass
>
>> On Mar 15, 2020, at 10:37 PM, Steve <zarco at sonic.net> wrote:
>> For well over 45 years now I've been using ATF (auto tranny 
>> fluid) as a light
>> oil for old teletypes.
>
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