Cleaning and Maintenence

[flyingemt]

A while back, someone posted the appropriate supplies for cleaning and maintenence of the machine. Anyone care to refresh my memory? Just home from Afghanistan and ready to rock on with my Carver!

[badger]

You can use the Search option to find alot of stuff here on the forum.

But here are a couple links to some of them:

http://www.carvewright.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2073

http://www.carvebuddy.com/PDFs/CW_TipsandTricks_Newsletters/CarveWrightTips&Tricks_Jan08.pdf

http://www.carvewright.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7032&highlight=lubricants

Said best by Jeff Birt


There are really only a few types of lubrication you really need.

1) Flex shaft lubricant (Chain lube with molly)
2) A lubricant for the check (I prefer a dry plate lube as I mentioned in the article, CW call for 2-in-1 oil)
3) A lubricant for the vertical guide rails (Lithium grease per CW, I use the dry plate lubricant above), you do need lithium grease for the crank clutch and jacking screws though.
4) Silicone spray to wipe the rails with (optional)
5) Bicycle chain wax for the bit plate contact area (could also use dry plate lubricant)

So, really you could just get by by adding some dry plate lubricant and lithium grease. I would recommend a good cleaning/lubrication/inspection before trying to use it. My own machine has sat for several weeks and it is kind of stiff trying to crank up/down. It only takes a few minutes to go through everything and then you know the machine is ready to go.