[SML] S4 bench focus...

[Dale Farmer]

On 6/27/2015 1:21 AM, Bill Nelson via Stagecraft wrote:
>> What you should try is the copper-graphite gunge sold as anti-seize
>> compound for soldering iron bits. I have found this very effective on
>> shutters and iris diaphragms in vaious luminaires. Soldering irons get
>> much hotter (I hope!) than any part of a luminaire.
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> I doubt if soldering irons get anywhere close to as hot as shutters and gobos.
> I have seen both glow red - but have never seen a soldering iron that hot.
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> Is there any liminaire manufacturer that produces or recommends a lubricant
> for shutters?
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> Bill
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I have had good luck with dry graphite on the shutters.  Which is 
conveniently sold in sticks at your local building store as carpenters 
pencils. I scribble it on the shutters on the side away from the lamp 
and on the supporting rings that the shutters slide between.
Not too heavily though, as you can put enough on that the shutters will 
not hold their position over longer periods of time.

   --Dale