In another group, I was informed that I'd need:

[...] a light machine oil. I recommend a turbine oil like
Castrol OC-11 because it will not become gummy as it ages.
[...] You want somthing about 32 cs in viscosity with no additives.

Can I go into shop and ask for "turbine oil"? What does "32 cs" mean?
I've never heard viscosity expressed like that before.

Does sewing machine oil count as "light machine oil"?

Daniele

(D.M. Procida) wrote:
In another group, I was informed that I'd need:

[...] a light machine oil. I recommend a turbine oil like
Castrol OC-11 because it will not become gummy as it ages.
[...] You want somthing about 32 cs in viscosity with no additives.

Can I go into shop and ask for "turbine oil"? What does "32 cs" mean?
I've never heard viscosity expressed like that before.

Does sewing machine oil count as "light machine oil"?


"32 cs" is probably 32 centistokes, a centistoke being a measure of
kinematic viscosity (whatever that might be).

It would be helpful if you stated what you need the oil for. As I'm
not psychic, I cannot even guess, but a reasonable match to "light
machine oil" could be good old 3-in-1.

"D.M. Procida" wrote in
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In another group, I was informed that I'd need:

[...] a light machine oil. I recommend a turbine oil like
Castrol OC-11 because it will not become gummy as it ages.
[...] You want somthing about 32 cs in viscosity with no additives.

Can I go into shop and ask for "turbine oil"? What does "32 cs" mean?
I've never heard viscosity expressed like that before.

Does sewing machine oil count as "light machine oil"?

well if you went into halfords and asked for turbine oil, you'd either get a
'derrrrrr, we only have whats on the shelf' reply,
or if your unfortunate enough to get one of the ripspead boy racers... 'wow,
tell me what car you've shoe horned a jet engine into, i want to see it now,
quickly i've already got a semi on' erm..

anyhoo, i believe that sort of viscosity oil is used in hydraulic jacks, i'm
sure when i was searching for some jack oil a while back i saw referances to
32 cs, but as the other poster has said, tell us what you want it for,

btw, i last bought my hydraulic jack oil from an oil distributer, wytham
oils i believe, they had a retail office in lincoln, not too far from where
i used to live, also got the 'special' semi synthetic oil for my motorhomes
gearbox that iveco recomended to cure the stiff gear changes, as the iveco
garage didnt have an oil can to put some from the bulk tank into for me, and
withams was cheaper anyway.... and the gearchange on my motorhome has been
smooth as silk since changing to a semi synthetic.

But there are other oil distributers around the country, usually cheaper
than retail stores,

Bruce wrote:

[...] a light machine oil. I recommend a turbine oil like
Castrol OC-11 because it will not become gummy as it ages.
[...] You want somthing about 32 cs in viscosity with no additives.

Can I go into shop and ask for "turbine oil"? What does "32 cs" mean?
I've never heard viscosity expressed like that before.

Does sewing machine oil count as "light machine oil"?


"32 cs" is probably 32 centistokes, a centistoke being a measure of
kinematic viscosity (whatever that might be).

It would be helpful if you stated what you need the oil for. As I'm
not psychic, I cannot even guess, but a reasonable match to "light
machine oil" could be good old 3-in-1.

It's for a light machine, of course.

Actually it's for the motor and sleeve bearings of an old reel-to-reel
tape recorder.

Daniele

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Bruce wrote:
It would be helpful if you stated what you need the oil for. As I'm
not psychic, I cannot even guess, but a reasonable match to "light
machine oil" could be good old 3-in-1.

I doubt it - like all compromises it does nothing it's meant to
particularly well. Its only strength is availability.

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D.M. Procida wrote:
It's for a light machine, of course.

Actually it's for the motor and sleeve bearings of an old reel-to-reel
tape recorder.

As you guessed a good sewing machine oil.

What make of reel to reel? I have several.

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On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 09:31:10 +0000,
(D.M. Procida) wrote:

Bruce wrote:

[...] a light machine oil. I recommend a turbine oil like
Castrol OC-11 because it will not become gummy as it ages.
[...] You want somthing about 32 cs in viscosity with no additives.

Can I go into shop and ask for "turbine oil"? What does "32 cs" mean?
I've never heard viscosity expressed like that before.

Does sewing machine oil count as "light machine oil"?


"32 cs" is probably 32 centistokes, a centistoke being a measure of
kinematic viscosity (whatever that might be).

It would be helpful if you stated what you need the oil for. As I'm
not psychic, I cannot even guess, but a reasonable match to "light
machine oil" could be good old 3-in-1.

It's for a light machine, of course.

Actually it's for the motor and sleeve bearings of an old reel-to-reel
tape recorder.

Assuming that the bearings do need to be oiled, you'd be better off
for that purpose with clock oil, which you can usually get from
modelshops.

--
Frank Erskine

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

It's for a light machine, of course.

Actually it's for the motor and sleeve bearings of an old reel-to-reel
tape recorder.

As you guessed a good sewing machine oil.

What make of reel to reel? I have several.

It's a TEAC A-3340 (well, this one is - there are others).

Daniele

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
Bruce wrote:
It would be helpful if you stated what you need the oil for. As I'm
not psychic, I cannot even guess, but a reasonable match to "light
machine oil" could be good old 3-in-1.

I doubt it - like all compromises it does nothing it's meant to
particularly well. Its only strength is availability.

3-in-1 oil - as I understand - contains additives to assist in
penetration and inhibit corrosion, and to make it smell like Seven-Up.
Whatever it contains, it can become very gummy as it evaporates.

Daniele

In article
,
D.M. Procida wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
Bruce wrote:
It would be helpful if you stated what you need the oil for. As I'm
not psychic, I cannot even guess, but a reasonable match to "light
machine oil" could be good old 3-in-1.

I doubt it - like all compromises it does nothing it's meant to
particularly well. Its only strength is availability.

3-in-1 oil - as I understand - contains additives to assist in
penetration and inhibit corrosion, and to make it smell like Seven-Up.
Whatever it contains, it can become very gummy as it evaporates.

Yup. OK for garden gates - but not where a decent lubricant is required.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 09:59:14 +0000, D.M. Procida wrote:

It's a TEAC A-3340

I've got one of them 1/4 track rather than half though.

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Dave Liquorice wrote:

It's a TEAC A-3340

I've got one of them 1/4 track rather than half though.

And aren't they great?

Mine has been sitting in the garage for 15 years. I spent the past
couple of days stripping it down, cleaning, lubricating and reassembling
it.

Mechanically, it seems in excellent shape. The rubbers have hardened and
will need to be replaced. All three motors are as silent and smooth as
ever. It runs beautifully. The only glitch is that one of the microphone
inputs is doing an impression of frying bacon. I hope that can be
repaired readily.

The A-3340s were all 1/4 track, not 1/2 track, though.

Daniele

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D.M. Procida wrote:
The only glitch is that one of the microphone
inputs is doing an impression of frying bacon. I hope that can be
repaired readily.

Replacing the electrolytics in that section should sort that. They tend to
die if not used for a long time.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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In article
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D.M. Procida wrote:
The only glitch is that one of the microphone
inputs is doing an impression of frying bacon. I hope that can be
repaired readily.

Replacing the electrolytics in that section should sort that. They tend to
die if not used for a long time.

They tend to die whatever ...

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geoff

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geoff wrote:
Replacing the electrolytics in that section should sort that. They tend
to die if not used for a long time.

They tend to die whatever ...

As they've got smaller the life certainly seems to have shortened. I've
got a Quad 303 here dating from the late '60s that's never had anything
replaced and is in use every day driving the subs on my main system.

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On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:43:54 +0000, D.M. Procida wrote:

The A-3340s were all 1/4 track, not 1/2 track, though.

It's a long time ago since I bought it (nearly 25 years) but I thought you
could get a 1/2 track version, maybe with a different model number but the
only real change being the heads.

Mine sits doing nothing still works AFAIK. Really ought to set about
transfering the tapes I have to digits before they become unplayable.

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Cheers
Dave.