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Subject: Re: Alcohol / Pinchrollers

From: "partune" <james.parthun@att.net>
Date: 2007-11-25

Thanks! At long last I have a use for my Dremel!!!

reagards,
partune

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote:
>
> If you must use alcohol, denatured alcohol works fine. Oiling pinch
rollers
> is a temporary fix, at best. Oil attracts dirt and the rollers
eventually
> stick again. I usually pop the roller out of the key spring
(carefully) and clean
> the axle with a Dremel tool and a wire wheel. Then I clean and
deburr the
> inside of the hub until it spins freely on the axle. I then
reinsert the axle
> and roller into the spring. and re-peen the axle ends. This is a
permanent
> fix. The roller will never again require oil.
>
> Frank II
>
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