I'm cutting lots of MDF on my contractor table saw right now. I don't
have a dust collection system. I cleaned and lubed everything before
starting this project, but I'm not even a third of the way through and
the gears for raising/lowering/tilting the blade are so gummed up I
can't turn them.
Anyone have suggestions for a lube that can hold up to this
unbelievably dusty environment?
I've tried:
hard beeswax -- didn't really work as a lube
paste wax -- worked very briefly but dried out before I even
started cutting
lithium grease -- worked well as a lube but attracts dust like mad
white lithium spray - this worked so-so as a lube, but also attracts
dust like crazy
Thanks for any suggestions!!
Graphite grease, definitely.
On Thu, 5 Mar 2009 05:12:46 +0000, [email protected] wrote
(in article
<5ff879e9-d3a0-4974-a2de-38b56fc1e06a@n33g2000vba.googlegroups.com>):
> I'm cutting lots of MDF on my contractor table saw right now. I don't
> have a dust collection system. I cleaned and lubed everything before
> starting this project, but I'm not even a third of the way through and
> the gears for raising/lowering/tilting the blade are so gummed up I
> can't turn them.
>
> Anyone have suggestions for a lube that can hold up to this
> unbelievably dusty environment?
>
> I've tried:
>
> hard beeswax -- didn't really work as a lube
> paste wax -- worked very briefly but dried out before I even
> started cutting
> lithium grease -- worked well as a lube but attracts dust like mad
> white lithium spray - this worked so-so as a lube, but also attracts
> dust like crazy
>
> Thanks for any suggestions!!
>
"Bored Borg" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Graphite grease, definitely.
Yeah, the grease is the problem, graphite or not it attracts dust.
you might want to try dri slide
http://www.ipnews.com/archives/fluids/aug99/cardinal_pwr_pro_swm.htm
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<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:5ff879e9-d3a0-4974-a2de-38b56fc1e06a@n33g2000vba.googlegroups.com...
> I'm cutting lots of MDF on my contractor table saw right now. I
> don't
> have a dust collection system. I cleaned and lubed everything
> before
> starting this project, but I'm not even a third of the way through
> and
> the gears for raising/lowering/tilting the blade are so gummed up I
> can't turn them.
>
> Anyone have suggestions for a lube that can hold up to this
> unbelievably dusty environment?
>
> I've tried:
>
> hard beeswax -- didn't really work as a lube
> paste wax -- worked very briefly but dried out before I even
> started cutting
> lithium grease -- worked well as a lube but attracts dust like mad
> white lithium spray - this worked so-so as a lube, but also
> attracts
> dust like crazy
>
> Thanks for any suggestions!!
>
Leon wrote:
> "Bored Borg" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>Graphite grease, definitely.
>
>
>
> Yeah, the grease is the problem, graphite or not it attracts dust.
>
>
Dry graphite lubes are available such as Krylon Sprayon Dry Graphite Lube.
http://www.kpg-industrial.com/products/dry_graphite_lube/
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Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
[email protected]
On Mar 4, 10:12=A0pm, [email protected] wrote:
> I'm cutting lots of MDF on my contractor table saw right now.
...
> the gears for raising/lowering/tilting the blade are so gummed up I
> can't turn them.
It's like a bicycle chain, more important to keep clean than to
actually make a dynamic film on the moving parts. So, I just
painted some melted paraffin (candle wax) onto the gears
and screws, then warmed it with a hot air gun (propane
torch would work) to get it to liquefy and penetrate.
Work the motions a few times through the full range, and
it should last quite a while.
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm cutting lots of MDF on my contractor table saw right now. I
> don't
> have a dust collection system. I cleaned and lubed everything
> before
> starting this project, but I'm not even a third of the way through
> and
> the gears for raising/lowering/tilting the blade are so gummed up I
> can't turn them.
>
> Anyone have suggestions for a lube that can hold up to this
> unbelievably dusty environment?
Clean out gears, then spray with open chain gear lube which is
basically graphite which dries on gears.
Lew
On Mar 5, 12:12=A0am, [email protected] wrote:
> I'm cutting lots of MDF on my contractor table saw right now. =A0I don't
> have a dust collection system. =A0I cleaned and lubed everything before
> starting this project, but I'm not even a third of the way through and
> the gears for raising/lowering/tilting the blade are so gummed up I
> can't turn them.
>
> Anyone have suggestions for a lube that can hold up to this
> unbelievably dusty environment?
>
> I've tried:
>
> =A0 hard beeswax -- didn't really work as a lube
> =A0 paste wax =A0-- worked very briefly but dried out before I even
> started cutting
> =A0 lithium grease -- worked well as a lube but attracts dust like mad
> =A0 white lithium spray - this worked so-so as a lube, but also attracts
> dust like crazy
>
> Thanks for any suggestions!!
bar and chain oil
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:5ff879e9-d3a0-4974-a2de-38b56fc1e06a@n33g2000vba.googlegroups.com...
> I'm cutting lots of MDF on my contractor table saw right now. I don't
> have a dust collection system. I cleaned and lubed everything before
> starting this project, but I'm not even a third of the way through and
> the gears for raising/lowering/tilting the blade are so gummed up I
> can't turn them.
>
> Anyone have suggestions for a lube that can hold up to this
> unbelievably dusty environment?
I clean the gears with brake cleaner to get all the grease out. I have
sprayed the gears with Top Cote. I would imagine any dry lube would work
well, graphite dust should work well, the stuff you inject into lock
cylinders. Laguna Tools recommends a Teflon type lube. I have used Triflon
with good success.