Can anyone suggest a good dry lubricant for a table saw?

Dan! Great to see ya back around here! If your talking about a graphite lube for moving parts I have never used any, I have always gobbed a ton of paste wax on my trunion gears and any moving parts under the saw.

Your question does raise a neat idea though, there should be some type of dry lube out there, that paste wax attracts sawdust and gets pretty messy after awhile. Anyone else?

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

Hey Dan, a Merry Christmas to you!  What works for me is parrafin wax.  Here in the midwest you can buy a 1# block of sealing parrfin that is used in canning food.  i also use it on my planer.  It doesn't attact dust and is clean.

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks

So do you just break off pieces of the block and rub those in or do you warm it and get it to a liquid and them put it on the moving parts?

I haven't thought about it for that. I use it to seal the end of turning blanks but I heat it and pour it on.

Ron Dudelston said:

Hey Dan, a Merry Christmas to you!  What works for me is parrafin wax.  Here in the midwest you can buy a 1# block of sealing parrfin that is used in canning food.  i also use it on my planer.  It doesn't attact dust and is clean.

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks

I just rub it on.  It is pliable enough to work into the teeth of a trunion and soft enought to rub onto the smooth surface of a ground rail.

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks

Good deal, that is good information to have.

thanks

Ron Dudelston said:

I just rub it on.  It is pliable enough to work into the teeth of a trunion and soft enought to rub onto the smooth surface of a ground rail.

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks

Good info indeed! I never thought of Parrafin for this purpose. And it doesn't attract dust! Awesome!

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker