RE: Maxwell cap oil is....

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Original poster: "Ross Overstreet by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <ross-o-at-mindspring-dot-com>

Some complain that veggie oil may turn rancid and start to stink after a
while.  Corey Ruch, one of the guys who helped me out a lot in the early
days, has several rolled LDPE caps made with veggie oil and they perform
fine.  See his site here:
http://members.tripod-dot-com/coreyonline/newtesla.html

Seeya,
Ross-O
http://users.better-dot-org/roverstreet/

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Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 8:50 PM
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Subject: Re: Maxwell cap oil is....


Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<A123X-at-aol-dot-com>

Are there any oils that aren't usable? How about vegetable oil? Is there any
reason why it couldn't be used?

In a message dated 4/16/01 9:39:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
writes:


>
> while repairing the rotor for the SRSG ( which has cap oil all over it ) I
> kept noticing a very
> familiar smell... It finally donned on me what that smell was...  Castor
> Oil ... the same smell that
> was all over the wings of my radio controlled airplanes...