[HAM] Cotton Oiling String

[Christoph Kukulies]

Jim Shanks schrieb:
> With nothing to lose on the stuck scanner, it's now pulled down and the
> insides soaking in alcohol.  Also, to get access to the stuck bearing
> where the oil string was missing, I've drilled out the four rivets holding
> the bearing/flat spring/backing plate in.  Now an oil string can be put on
>   
Why did you drill out the rivets? Is that really necessary? One can 
always loop the wick around the bearing, form a knot
and pulling it tight.

> the bearing/bushing whatever it's called.  Brass pop rivets should work
> just fine for reassembly.
>
> Question is:  What kind of cotton string?  Just any heavy cotton thread,
> or something special?
>   

I'm always using something like this:

http://www.stoff-kurzwarenhandel-braus.de/start.htm?kurzwaren_aller_art_naehgarn_verschiedene_sorten_reihgarn.htm
> Thanks for all the help,
> Jim Shanks
>   
Christoph