Knuckles lubricant

[William C Sadler]

At 4/25/96 7:49 PM, Keith McGavern wrote:

>    >     I keep hearing about how graphite will "ruin" knuckles.
> >
> >     As ask before in another post, is it the mess factor or damage to
> >     other components of the action?
> >
> >     Please define ruin.
> >___________________________________________________________________________
> >_____
> >    C. Douglas Richards                     Telephone: (408)894-4592
> >    Mechanical Engineer                       FAX: (408)894-6298
> >      Saguaro Group                        E-mail: drichard@qntm.com
>
>
> Mr. Richards,
>
> Maybe contaminate, pollute, and/or soil would be more appropriate words
> than ruin.  The knuckles are covered with leather and in contact with wood
> objects called a jack tip and repetition lever.
>
> Keith McGavern, RPT
> kam544@ionet.net
> Oklahoma Baptist University
> Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA

Well,  we gather you have an opinion about this graphite thing Keith.

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