Got home from work, made myself a beverage and went to settle in with some music on the TT. Warm up the amp, pre-amp, TT is always powered on, and select a record. Vince Guaraldi Trio, A Charlie Brown Christmas. Clean the record, stylus, and spin up the platter. I drop the needle and it sounds like Issac Hayes with a mouthful of molasses in December. Dammit!
Diagnose the issue to spindle bearing. My TT uses a double sphere fluid bearing, the lube had gone stiff and sticky! Cleaned it all out and my choices were rem oil, clock oil, or hobo oil. Decided to give hobo oil a try and I'll be dammed if it isn't slicker than my prom date!
So, Hobo oil makes for great Turntable spindle bearing lube, too! Might just go through my sewing machine with it as well.
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I haven't tried Hobo Oil yet because I have this stuff, and also Amsoil which is amazing stuff
Sperm Oil is actually more of a Liquid Wax, and if you have ever used melted wax to get a bolt out
you would understand how lubristic it is when liquid
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You might do ya some good and look on Ebay for some Whale Oil
Man cannot reproduce what nature made here
It never freezes or gums up
I've researched every use of Sperm Oil to death until there was no information left
before spending $800 a pint on it
Was also used in the original bluing of old Colt 1911's to get that deeeeep rich blue that
Also cannot be reproduced any longer due to the ban
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Was also one of the best mediums for quenching Knife steels as it had the perfect cooling rate
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It is still grandfathered in if it was made bfore the ban, hence why you can still find cans of it on Ebay
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Besides being used for just lamp oil
It was the original Auto Trans Fluid, and a tranny lasted for about 1 million miles with it
and that was way back in the 40's 50's etc with that old technology
when the ban hit, the military was burning up tranny's in 10,000 miles
Thats how good its properties are
ATF is basically a replacement for Whale oil
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Also heavily used in fine watches, clocks etc (Old bottles of Nye sometimes in antique stores have it and don't kn ow what they have)
and with NASA since it doesnt freeze or gum up over time
(good properties for Space)
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There is another type of Dolphin/Whale that has very similar properties I think called Blackfish Oil
But I cannot find an importer to the US for it
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I use it on gun stuff I dont want to gum up over time, like revolver cylinders or
certain areas of a trigger etc.
A 1/2 pint will probaby last a lifetime
