After a few email exchanges with J7, I'm now in possession of some of his super slippery oil.
I decided to set about my techie bearing. Having been inside the techie on more than a few occasions, it didn't take long to get to and remove the bearing. On inspection it was obvious it was long overdue service. Although the shaft didn't seem tight, you could see the sticky residue tell tale of old oil well past its best.
I disassembled the bearing and thoroughly cleaned it including giving it a bath in the ultrasonic cleaner.It was spotless when I'd finished. When I put it all back together, I used the thicker oil on the shaft as well as in the bottom of the bearing I could see the bearing appears to be a "total loss" type set up and I assumed the thinner oil would disperse away from the bearing fairly quickly. Unfortunately the shaft did not spin as freely as I'd expected. I cleaned the shaft again and reapplied the thinner oil that came in the origami kit. The shaft now spins much more freely.
Looking a the base of the spindle where it sits in the bearing assembly, there is nothing to keep the oil captive. I wonder if some improvement to the baseplate in order to maybe keep a very shallow bath of oil would give any long term gains???
Am I barking up the wrong tree or am I just barking??>???