All Replies on Dry Lubricates for New Table Saw

The screws and gears need NO lubrication, and just a squirt of oil in the bushings is enough. You really don’t think you could wear out those gears by cranking the tilt and elevation… just sayin’...

-- HorizontalMike -- "Woodpeckers understand..."

HorizontalMike – Well no I don’t think I’d wear them out. They appear heavy duty and I’m sure I will wear out before they do. The concern is more about to keep them running smoothly and prevent rust

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Graphite is used in place of grease and many woodworking applications .

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

a1Jim – Thanks. I’ll look into it

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You can find it in a automotive parts house as speedometer cable lube or Through a woodworking supply as a router bearing lube .

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

a1Jim – Yeah, router bearing lube…I may still have some Bostik bearing lubricate. Wonder if that would work?
Thanks again

-- Measure "at least" twice and cut once

I would advise the lube that grizzly recommends. It is not always important to use something that doesn’t attract dust. The design of the machine accounts for this. Use their recommendation. I have used the recommended high temp grease on all those parts on my unisaw and it runs great.IMO

-- Who is John Galt?

http://www.emisupply.com/catalog/sprayway-sp295-woodworkers-lubricant-p-9617.html
We use Sprayway SP295 in commercial shops. Inexpensive and does it all…machine tables, tooling, trunions.

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joeyinsouthaustin and Rick L – thank you for your advice and the link

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Wow Rick, that looks like a replacement for Bostik DriKote that I have been spraying on my TS blades and drill bits. I sure do not like paying nearly $20/can for the DriKote. I wonder if I could find it locally because shipping changes the game and the cost.

-- HorizontalMike -- "Woodpeckers understand..."

HM and bostik just changed and re packaged the Drikote. Not sure if it is the sprayway stuff.
Found on amazon for 8.25 with free shipping. So there you go.

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HorizontalMike – FYI shipping from emisupply is just over $10. So about $17 or $18 for Sprayway with shipping

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Joey,
I am not finding that same deal on Amazon. +$10/can and almost that in shipping. Got a better link for me?

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dautomotive&field-keywords=Dricote+&rh=n%3A15684181%2Ck%3ADricote+

-- HorizontalMike -- "Woodpeckers understand..."

KDC68,
Just found the same. Looks like going to the local WC is not a bad deal after all.

-- HorizontalMike -- "Woodpeckers understand..."

HorizontalMike – Yep..get it when you want without waiting for UPS to drop it at your doorstep

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Sorry may have been misleading. It is a case price. but works out to that. It was listed as free shipping for prime members. but not now??

look here.

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I usually buy it by the case from Fastenal and pay about $7.60 a can including shipping. As a business I do get a slight discount. My local sharpening service sells it at $10 a can. I don’t think most of you get the point of it. It does the job of Topcote and Dricote. I would rarher have less stuff in the shop instead of more.

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kdc68, I use paraffin wax. It seems to make thing move easier and dust doesn’t stick to it. Old candles work too and might be softer. -Jack

I get the point Rick, but shipping for us hobbiests makes this same product just as expensive as Dricote. I do not know what I would do with a full dozen cans of this stuff. Sure, I would use more, but THAT much more?... probably not.

-- HorizontalMike -- "Woodpeckers understand..."

I wasn’t suggesting you buy a case. I was suggesting you check your local sharpeing service or see if they might be willing to stock it as a service to their customers and mqybe it will catch on. You put a call into the manufacturer to see who carries it locally. Seems if it costs $10 bucks a can and cost $10 to ship it does the job of Topcote and Dricote it’s still a better buy. At home I just use Automotive paste wax and a can lasts for years. And that thing about silicone in paste wax is a myth. Spraying silicone in the air is what contaminates a finish. In paste wax it doesn’t affect anything. We have silicone that we pump onto our 12” moulder bed and it’s not a problem. People hear half truths and untruths and just repeat them without knowing what they are talking about.

-- Few folks really know how to maximize the potential of their tools!

I personally like dry-molykote.
It excel at reducing friction/torque
http://www.dowcorning.com/content/publishedlit/80-3384.pdf

I do not know what it would do for finishing on wood, like silicon which prevent any finish to work.

-- Bert

I’ve have personal experience where all a students projects where having fish eye top to bottom on a book shelf only to find out she had just waxed her table saw with a wax that had silicone in it. I have also heard where a spray both had to be torn down because of silicone could not be removed from it and everything shot in it would fish eye. seems likealot more than a half truth to me Rick

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I use paste wax. Very little is needed and it doesn’t attract sawdust. I learned it from kelly mehler’s table saw book. It works so I haven’t looked for anything else.

-- He who dies with the most tools... dies with the emptiest wallet.

I also use paste wax, it’s worked fine for me for 35 years. I use an old toothbrush to apply it to the under the table parts. I use cheese cloth for the top, rails, and the flat parts of my jointer and planer. The flat surfaces I then buff off.

I’ve had good luck with Dry Lube. Don’t know whether it contains silicone, but haven’t had any of the problems described by a1Jim.

I get the point Rick, but shipping for us hobbiests makes this same product just as expensive as Dricote.
Sure, I would use more, but THAT much I do not know what I would do with a full dozen cans of this stuff. more?... probably not.

Mike, just an idea, you could give 1/2 of it.Free shipping of course

-- Bert

IrreverentJack - yes to paraffin wax. I read somewhere, maybe here, that you can drop some in mineral spririts to disolve it into a liquid. Then apply to your surface and the mineral spirits will evaporate leaving a waxy film.

a1Jim – yes to silicone free waxes. I remember my high school shop teacher from 27 or 28 years ago warning us of fish eye in our finish from silicone.

b2rtch -dry-molykote…I’ll look into it

Everyone else -thanks for the tips

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