VM100 Chuck Maintenace?

[orificiam]

Hi Everyone I've owned a VM100 chuck for 7 years now,and it as served me very
nicely.Apart from the od dusting off with airgun I've done no other Maintenance to it.
I was wandering is there some kind of maintenance that I should be doing to it?
I was thinking maybe Oiling the screw that pushes the Jaws out. But how would the dust cope with the oil? The chuck did not come with instruction.
What do you Guys Do.
Cheers Tony.:?:?

[poulso]

Hi Tony
I purchased a VM100 chuck a couple of weeks ago
& in the general maintainance section it reads.
To maintain easy jaw action,reguarly spray oil onto
the scroll and work lever through full range of movement.
Inspect chuck reguarly for build up of dust in the scroll
& jaws.Clean as required.
It doesn't specify what type of oil to use.Maybe crc or something
similar i'm not sure.Anyway not sure whether i helped
but good luck .
Jason

[DJ’s Timber]

:whs:

You can also download manuals from the Vicmarc website (http://www.vicmarc.com/default.asp?contentID=509) :;

[orificiam]

Thanks Jason &DJ's Much Appreciated.
Cheers Tony,:B:B

[Tornatus]

It doesn't specify what type of oil to use.Maybe crc or something
similar i'm not sure.

If I may jump in - I strongly recommend INOX. It's a marine-grade lubricant which has all the penetrating/rust treating abilities of WD40, but is not petroleum-based (so won't adversely affect wood) and will leave a protective film when it dries (which WD40 will NOT do).

[NeilS]

If you have access to graphite use that in preference to any sticky lubes. Dust will not stick to the graphite, nor dry out.

If you don't have any graphite lube on hand, just rub an old pencil (2B or softer) on sandpaper and use the graphite dust from that.

Neil

[orificiam]

Thanks to you all for your advice I will try your suggestions and see which one works best.
Cheers Tony.:-:-