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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 164338, member: 360"]Hi AF.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have heard of it, yeah. I'll look into it! Thanks for the suggestion.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have cleaned the draw tubes EXTENSIVELY with sewing machine oil, and tissue paper and it slides open and shut much more smoothly, now, without 150 years worth of dust and gunk jamming the mechanism but still, I'd like to fix this thing once and for all.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I can get the BIG draw tube sliding in and out halfway smoothly, then gluing the threads shut might not be necessary. It's the stiffness in the pulling that's causing the problem. If I can't make any noticeable difference there, then I will have to glue the threads shut as a last resort.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 164338, member: 360"]Hi AF. I have heard of it, yeah. I'll look into it! Thanks for the suggestion. I have cleaned the draw tubes EXTENSIVELY with sewing machine oil, and tissue paper and it slides open and shut much more smoothly, now, without 150 years worth of dust and gunk jamming the mechanism but still, I'd like to fix this thing once and for all. If I can get the BIG draw tube sliding in and out halfway smoothly, then gluing the threads shut might not be necessary. It's the stiffness in the pulling that's causing the problem. If I can't make any noticeable difference there, then I will have to glue the threads shut as a last resort.[/QUOTE]
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