[StarLane]

I am looking at a way to make my dobs azimuth motion abit smoother.

I have tried everything accept Ebony Star and that is my last resort. I would prefer to try other things first. I have tried nylon furniture sliders and polishing the opposite side, first with car polish then with furniture polish. It worked well when moving, really smooth, but at the beginning of the movement there was a big jolt-slip. I applied pressure more and more to get it to move and then it moves too fast and I over shoot the target. It was really sticky with a jolting motion, impossible to move slowly at high magnification. I then removed the nylon sliders and added some felt sliders, the motion is the best it has ever been but still not perfect. I have heard Armourall works good for a while but then gets sticky also.

Would a powder lubricant like graphite dust work better????
I want something that is low maintenance not needing too much attention to keep it working smoothly.

Cheers.