ironhoarder
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Oct 9, 2005
- Location
- Waterford, VA USA
I have a drawer full of various dial test indicators that are in various states of disrepair. Time to get some of them going!
I picked up at an auction recently a nice, complete starrett last word set and a federal DTI very cheaply because both were missing the crystals- otherwise fine. I found that I can buy crystals from Long Island Indicator repair, and a crystal press is abut $20 on ebay. Sounds like a plan.
I have some others that basically work, but are either sluggish (don't like to return to zero always) or sticky. It sounds like in both cases, they need cleaning and lubing. This is the heart of my question.
Can anybody offer suggestions on how to properly clean and lube a delicate mechanism like this? It is not worth the money to have them repaired by a shop- I want to try it myself. I thing it is an issue of the right materials and techniques.
Suggestions?
I picked up at an auction recently a nice, complete starrett last word set and a federal DTI very cheaply because both were missing the crystals- otherwise fine. I found that I can buy crystals from Long Island Indicator repair, and a crystal press is abut $20 on ebay. Sounds like a plan.
I have some others that basically work, but are either sluggish (don't like to return to zero always) or sticky. It sounds like in both cases, they need cleaning and lubing. This is the heart of my question.
Can anybody offer suggestions on how to properly clean and lube a delicate mechanism like this? It is not worth the money to have them repaired by a shop- I want to try it myself. I thing it is an issue of the right materials and techniques.
Suggestions?