I bought a new Mak 12″ slider last year, and it has become increasingly more difficult to swing the table around. I’m assuming it needs a lube job. Which grease would you recommend?
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I am interested too. Mine is about 2-1/2 years old but I just noticed yesterdy it was getting sticky. No sort of rust showing
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It came new with some sort of greaseless-grease that didn't get all mucked up with use. It wore away, and now squeaks and is hard to rotate. Never seen the grease before, but I sure do miss the 'brand-new' way it used to operate.
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liquid wrench makes a white lithium grease that's a spray (it even comes with one of those little red straws for hard to reach places - you know the kind that you only use once since it is bound to get lost as soon as you are finished)
it sprays as a liquid and sets up as a grease. that may do the trick
Anything with Teflon like that PTFE or whatever.
Or Graphite spray. Dust gums up on wet grease.
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I used good ol' Johnson's paste wax so dirt/dust doesn't stick. Works great. Clean the sliders, wax them up, slide back and forth a few times, a bit more wax, let dry overnight. Repeat every few months if you're a light user like me, more often if you use it every day.
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I've had good luck with silicone spray on things like miter saw and table saw pivots, gears, etc.
I'd second the motion for silicon spray.
Anything that keeps wet or greasy will just attract debris and complicate matters further.
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I "dicovered" a product called Boeshield". It is a proprietary product invented by Boeing for airplane use. They now market it for bicycle chains because after it dries it leaves a film of parrafin that will not collect dirt, yet lubricates. I now use it anywhere dust / dirt buildup would be a problem. ie Sliding rails on my Makita SCM saw, and the gears inside my Delta UniSaw. Doesn't collect sawdust.
You can find it online ( in 55 gal drums!!!) or in 4oz bttles at any good bicycle shop.
I forgot - I have that. Use on tablesaw and footplate of the circc saws and a few other things. That'll do it.It is sold at all the woodworking catalouges too
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Try a product from the makers of PB Blaster, it is called TDL, the dry lube. I use it on all my tools, drys completely and makes the tools like new again. Many other companies also make dry lubes, but I swear by that one. My 5 year old Makita table saw and slide saw work like new.
Bear grease is best.
But possum grease will work in a pinch.
Table on my DeWalt kept getting worse; finally ordered replacement little black 1/4-crescent rub strips under the table.
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Not to hijack, but to expand ... I bought a Makit 10" w/laser about 18 months ago. I have no complaints about the saw. It has replaced my 12" DeWalt SCMS as my favorite. I was really impressed with the blade that came with the saw - smooth, quiet, long-lasting, sharp. When it started to get dull, I put it on my garage saw and bought a new Makita blade. It looked like the original, but did not get close to any of the standards that I mentioned above. I could name several 10" blades that outperformed it. Needless to say, I am not planning to buy any more Makita blades.