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Re: Graphite grease for sextant?
From: Jackson McDonald
Date: 2014 Nov 7, 13:29 -0500

Celestaire sells a very light sextant oil, which I use. I don't know its chemical composition.

I read somewhere that mariners used very light sperm whale oil to lubricate sextants in the old days. To be verified.

On Nov 7, 2014, at 12:22, "Bob Crawley" <NoReply_Crawley@fer3.com> wrote:

Bruce Baur's book, I think, recommended Jojoba oil as a replacement for whale oil. I used some and it seems to work OK. Graphite might get a bit messy.
Regards
BobC

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