Recent content by Bobmanx

Ok, cleaned, recleaned and then recleaned and straightened the slides, while I was at it, I noticed that the ends of all the intermediate slides had sharp cut edges on them at their ends, so removed all the cutting or grinding burrs and also rounded all of the slide ends where they contact the...

Thank you for all the responses, so far Paraffin Wax seems to be the winner, I will post some pics when I get a chancfe to sit down and figure out how to get them posted. Thank you All! Bob

RTM, Thanks for the response, I will check all of them again for straight and also going to try and buff the mating surfaces to make sure they are smooth before trying the paraffin. Back to work, the curse of being sort of retired, but like to eat.... Thanks for the info Bob RTM, I tried...

FJ 432 and seber, Thanks for the info and I will check them again, and as a fyi, they slide freely when not lubricated and with the drawer empty, and I was hoping for a way to get that same ease when something helps the metal to metal contact, but not yet.... And seber, sorry, but how does one...

Hello, this is my first post after lurking and reading as many posts as I could... Now I have a question and I hope others here can help with the vast knowledge that is here. I was given a OLD Yorktown Bottom Box and a Yorktown Top Box that was due to betaken to the dump, and have been trying...