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CAJUNLAWYER
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Another damn lube thread?!
Really?
Ever noticed that lube is important for most worthwhile things in life???
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Pisgah
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If shredder oil has gotten too expensive in your area, you can substitute synthethic automobile blinker fluid available at any Autozone...
Company I retired from used a contract shredder who packaged the shreds in large plastic bags which We used for shipping packaging.
mckenney99
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I also have an ancient large Royal crosscut shreader that I bought from Sam's Club in Nov. 1999. The only time I've ever lubed it was when it seized up and I took it apart to see if I could fix it. (I found a piece of paper clip wedged between a couple of teeth.) Note: Reassembly is not a job to perform if small children learning new words are around. When running, it rattles and makes a horrible racket but it just keeps running. You folks are making me feel guilty for neglecting my maintenance duties. I guess maybe I ought to try a spritz of the Hornady One Shot that I use in firearm magazines and door locks, where the liquid carrier evaporates and leaves behind a dry lube.
I just pulled the original manual out and it doesn't even mention lubing the machine. Maybe they never planned on it lasting long enough to require it.
I just pulled the original manual out and it doesn't even mention lubing the machine. Maybe they never planned on it lasting long enough to require it.
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We have a crosscut shredder that is about 18 years old. It has been used an awful lot.
I oil it with Mobile 1 car oil from my little hand-pump, oil can in the garage.
Just squirt some oil on a sheet of paper, run it through.
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I oil it with Mobile 1 car oil from my little hand-pump, oil can in the garage.
Just squirt some oil on a sheet of paper, run it through.
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SweetMK
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No joke,,,
Rather than pay to get rid of my tax documents,, I decided to eat them.
I plowed open a furrow, laid in the documents,,
THEN, I used the Gravely rotary plow to cover the documents.
Within a couple months, the earthworms had turned the documents into garden enrichment!!
The documents produced a great crop of GREENbeans,,
Rather than pay to get rid of my tax documents,, I decided to eat them.
I plowed open a furrow, laid in the documents,,
THEN, I used the Gravely rotary plow to cover the documents.
Within a couple months, the earthworms had turned the documents into garden enrichment!!
The documents produced a great crop of GREENbeans,,
At the old job the shredded lots of classified documents. The shredder had to meet DoD requirements. it would grind the docs into dust.
I would be tempted to try motor oil.
I would be tempted to try motor oil.
If used WD-40 in the past works well. If you burn up a shredder buy a new one. Remember its a right off!
We all have a ton of excess gun oils from being tempted by the snake-oil salesmen, just use one of the oils that you no longer prefer to use on your guns - clear out some space for when vat cloned synthetic eco-sensitive vintage sperm whale oil makes an appearance.
I've been using the same crosscut shredder for years. Staples sells soybean oil infused ppper sheets that can lubricate a shredder and I haven't had any problems at all with my shredder and it gets used a lot.
ya read the durndest things here......
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