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Sextant Lubrication
From: Jeremy C
Date: 2011 May 25, 10:12 -0400
From: Jeremy C
Date: 2011 May 25, 10:12 -0400
I use Celestaire's sextant oil. The small bottle should last me a
lifetime.
I lubricate the arc and run the micrometer drum screw the entire length and
try to get a bit of it in the pin bushings as well. I tend not to have to
do it too often and don't see much corrosion, even at sea.
Jeremy