On Thu, 20 May 2010 12:36:02 +0000 (UTC), Jules Richardson
wrote:

On Wed, 19 May 2010 16:37:53 -0400, Stormin Mormon wrote:
Hmm. One more vote for sewing machine oil. How long does that last, for
you?

Well, depends on duty cycle... somewhere around a year IME, though. Buys
you time to source a replacement, but that's pretty much it.

cheers

Jules
The 1958 SeaBreeze fan I "resurrected" about 6 years ago with SM oil
is still going strong.