The Talking Machine Forum — For All Antique Phonographs & Recordings

If you want the better oil you can use gun oil that can be brought at Walmart fairly reasonable. It works well on Edison's and you do not need much. I was working on an Amberola VIII and it had a dragging sound. I tried adjusting the speed control, adjusted the ½ nut tension, and tried three reproducers. The sound was still wavy or dragging. I wiped the carriage bar off taking all the old gunky oil on it off and it played fine. Put new oil and it sounds great now. I use a synthetic oil that I brought on EBay. When I run out I will be off to Walmart. Tom

tomb wrote:If you want the better oil you can use gun oil that can be brought at Walmart fairly reasonable. It works well on Edison's and you do not need much. I was working on an Amberola VIII and it had a dragging sound. I tried adjusting the speed control, adjusted the ½ nut tension, and tried three reproducers. The sound was still wavy or dragging. I wiped the carriage bar off taking all the old gunky oil on it off and it played fine. Put new oil and it sounds great now. I use a synthetic oil that I brought on EBay. When I run out I will be off to Walmart. Tom

Thanks for the suggestion and good to hear you got your Amberola working.