[HAM] Leslie motors and oiling

[Paul Chandler]

Will using the organ speed up the process of the capillary action or won't 
it make any difference ?
And, how long will the main shaft spin after the motor has been turned off ?

Thanks,

Paul
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Procopio" <joe at supportgroupmusic.com>
To: "The Hammond Forum" <hammond at zeni.net>
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 8:58 PM
Subject: Re: [HAM] Leslie motors and oiling


> I'm sure more knowledgable techs will respond, but what this is
> referring to is the oil delivery method within the tone generator.
> There are cotton? threads that run throughout the tone generator, and
> deliver oil via capillary action.
> When you put oil in the cups, it is soaked up the threads and might take
> a while to actually deliver oil to the spots that need it most...
>
> Paul Chandler wrote:
>
>> I was particularly interested in the comments about waiting for a week or
>>so before the oil has reached all the right places.
>>
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