Hi Brandon, Magnate.net carries Dynaglide as well as a few other online vendors. I would not consider anything else. A can will last a year or more if your just using it on the legacy. When you find out how great it is around the shop it might go faster. :-)
The silicon will not hurt either the aluminum or the Delrin bushings. It might effect the felt wiper a little after a long time of exposure. You are right about the silicon ruining a wood finish. Silicon wipes off surfaces very easily. Even the dry types have this problem. There is a chance of cross contamination coming from your fingers touching the parts that have been sprayed and handling your wood. Cleaning with Dynaglide will not effect the finish at all. I don't use dynaglide often to clean my bits, but it's effective with the task. I mostly use mineral spirits to clean my bits because it's cheap and I always have some in the shop. Here's a funny story, I lost patience and common sense one night cutting maple. I had a really dirty and dull carbide blade in my tablesaw and I was burning my maple stock really bad. I just needed a few more feet of the material and I took my can and hosed down the blade. The smoking went away long enough to get the task done. Once my head cooled down, I cleaned the blade with dynaglide and a rag and that made me much more of a believer of how much effect simply cleaning carbide tools improve the ability to cut wood. I once read where Curt cleans and hones his bits after each use. I thought that was a waste of time, but the waste of time is actually in when you need a clean cut and your tool is not ready. The waste of time is in fixing a burned edge on wood or increased chatter marks from the cutting edge. I will finally add this, with cleaning, there is no risk to your cutting edge. Improper sharpening and honing can have a very negative effect. It takes practice and understanding of what you are doing to get it right. I'm not going to go into a lecture on honing carbide because of the complexities and I'm not an expert. -Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: Brandon Khoury To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 4:58 PM Subject: Rail lubricant I haven't had the opportunity to try Dynaglide, but I have a couple questions. How long does an application usually last? I know this largely depends on frequency of use, but I'm just looking for a ballpark of how long a can would last. Also, from what I understand, the lubricant can be used on cutting blades and router bits. Does this ever effect the finishing of the wood? I'm asking because I tried out a product I have access to at work. It is silicone based, so I don't use it on any surfaces that will come in contact with the wood, or on the cutting blades. It did, however, work really well on the rails. I applied a coat a few weeks ago and I can still see a noticeable improvement with the resistence of the sled. I really need to tweak the rails to make sure they are parallel and square. The ingredients of the product are below. The container doesn't list out the proportions, but they are listed in order from the bottle. I'd like to know if anyone sees a potential problem with applying this lubricant to the rails. Isopropyl Alcohol Water Cyclomethicone Dimethicone Dimethicone Copolyol Thanks, Brandon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
