On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:35:56 -0800 (PST), "
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I would not dream of putting a
machine lathe in an unheated workshop where the ways might attract a
layer of rust.
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So buy a Flit gun and 5 gallons of kerosene. After using the lathe,
pump up the Flit gun and give the lathe a light coating of kerosene,
then cover it with a piece of canvas that is NOT allowed to touch any
unpainted surface.

-Bob

PS -- Can't find a Flit gun? Then use one of those refillable aerosol
cans... or use an air-brush.

my lathe sits in an unheated workshop. when the workshop was an
asbestos cement shed I had moisture problems.
now I have a colourbond tin workshop, still unheated, and all I use is
shell tellus 46 on the slideways and a thick plastic sheet draped over
it. the plastic being impervious to moisture unlike the canvas.

the poms who have your snow merely put a cover over the lathe and sit
the smallest light globe they can find down in the ways. probably
about 15 watts. the heat from that keeps the lathe and the air around
it just above ambient temperature and prevents condensation.

if you are really desperate spray a lathe under plastic with CRC or
WD40 and it should be ok.

stealth pilot