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Re gear clearance, I use strips from a fairly thick brown paper bag to provide clearance for the gears. Seems to work for me. I don't grease my gears; I use light machine oil.

Craig
 
Yeah, the paper slip is a good trick and works well. I don’t do it all the time but sure did at the beginning and it’s dead easy.
 
trlvn said:
Re gear clearance, I use strips from a fairly thick brown paper bag to provide clearance for the gears. Seems to work for me. I don't grease my gears; I use light machine oil.

Craig
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What I suggest is cut yourself a bunch of strips of thick brown paper and staple them together and then you always have them on hand and because they are easy to use you won't skip that step. The ones I have are about .010" thick.
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