Oil Change

[Haselsh1]

Look, I know that Nottingham Analogue market the stuff at around thirty quid for a few mills but thirty quid could buy me five litres of engine oil. Are Nottingham Analogue just taking the piss...? I am currently using sewing machine oil which I don't think is viscous enough. Does anyone have any thoughts...?

[Jimbo]

Look, I know that Nottingham Analogue market the stuff at around thirty quid for a few mills but thirty quid could buy me five litres of engine oil. Are Nottingham Analogue just taking the piss...? I am currently using sewing machine oil which I don't think is viscous enough. Does anyone have any thoughts...?

Yep that is taking the piss.

Try this stuff, I use it on my VPI bearing and it works very well indeed.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Origin-Turn.../dp/B007Y3Y0B6

[CageyH]

I have some of the Audio Origami stuff. The kit has everything you need and enough oil for at least two changes.

[blackstar]

Have you spoken to NAS direct? They are not in the business of taking the piss, and are the most helpful company I have dealt with in ages. Speak to Penny and she'll no doubt sort you out at a lot cheaper than the hi-fi shops.

From reading various threads on oiling TTs, not all oil is equal. Some use sewing machine oil and others use heavier grade oils, and they do make a difference for one reason or another.

[Jimbo]

Have you spoken to NAS direct? They are not in the business of taking the piss, and are the most helpful company I have dealt with in ages. Speak to Penny and she'll no doubt sort you out at a lot cheaper than the hi-fi shops.

From reading various threads on oiling TTs, not all oil is equal. Some use sewing machine oil and others use heavier grade oils, and they do make a difference for one reason or another.

So £1000 per litre is reasonable for oil??

[blackstar]

So £1000 per litre is reasonable for oil??

No, but i am pretty sure the OP hasn't asked NAS direct, rather a hifi shop which adds a pretty sizeable mark up.

Also, I'm sure 1L of oil would last every NAS user into the year 2400.

[CageyH]

I have some of the Audio Origami stuff. The kit has everything you need and enough oil for at least two changes.

Audio Origami PTFE booster. They do a thick versions as well. Details on the AO website

[Cycleallday]

Oil threads always seem to generate loads of comments and most seem to be around engine or gearbox oils - probably as they are cheap and readily available.

Most oil companies have identified the many uses to which oil is put and have a solution for it without any further mixing work by ourselves and they don't cost £1000's per litre like the small files supplied by HiFi dealers.

However, don't forget such dealers don't sell a great deal of oil and need a profit from it. Most of us think nothing about spending £100's on bits of goo and cheap (to make) metal spikes for our systems so why moan about a much smaller amount for oil which is much more critical to our expensive decks.

However, for the more frugal amongst us why not consider the actual design and use to which the oil is put. I think Cagey may have mentioned the word 'spindle' in an earlier post and that possibly gives a clue to the oil type needed. Engineering shops have many machines with revolving spindles and the oil companies have many grades which are a better bet than motor oils. Try looking at something like Mobil Velocite oil probably No6 ? - I have a feeling it is a common oil found in small files which are sold for a lot of money. The main thing is to ensure the additives do not affect the plastic bits (Peek, etc) found in some bearings. The spindle oil is also cheap to but and not difficult to find.

Mel

[Haselsh1]

Given the UK retail markup of halving it and adding VAT, your five mills of oil is actually worth less than fifteen quid plus a little bit of VAT. Now I don't know about you but even fifteen quid is shite steep for five mills of mineral oil. Had it been highly expensive synthetic oil we would be nearer the mark. I used to pay out a bloody fortune for synthetic oil for my Ducati's but I as sure as hell am not doing it for a bloody turntable. As the man has already stated, it's only a bloody turntable and a secondhand one at that...!

[blackstar]

Given the UK retail markup of halving it and adding VAT, your five mills of oil is actually worth less than fifteen quid plus a little bit of VAT. Now I don't know about you but even fifteen quid is shite steep for five mills of mineral oil. Had it been highly expensive synthetic oil we would be nearer the mark. I used to pay out a bloody fortune for synthetic oil for my Ducati's but I as sure as hell am not doing it for a bloody turntable. As the man has already stated, it's only a bloody turntable and a secondhand one at that...!

You could say it's only a bike.