Newsgroups: rec.crafts.metalworking
From: russ@kepler-eng.com (Russ Kepler)
Subject: Re: gage block care
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 16:24:00 GMT

In article <395C8AB4.B2B0751E@bc.sympatico.ca>,
Ted Edwards  <Ted_E@bc.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>Russ Kepler wrote:
>
>> Lanolin on a chamois.
>
>I've used lanolin for joints on my recorders.  I would think it rather
>heavy for gage blocks.  Wouldn't you have to thoroughly clean it off
>with solvent before using the blocks?

Not with solvent, just a lint free cloth on the gaging surfaces.  If
you're not doing that already then you're not getting the most from
your gage blocks.

All it takes is a little lanolin on a chamois, and a quick pass on
the block as it goes back into the case.

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Russ Kepler                                              russ@kepler-eng.com

                      Please Don't Feed the Engineers