On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:46:37 -0500, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>
>"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:08:59 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>In article >,
>>> (Steve Pope) wrote:
>>>
>>>> Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Sqwertz > wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >> What's the best lube for the bearings in a lazy Susan?
>>>>
>>>> >See if you can find some sewing machine oil. It's lightweight.
>>>>
>>>> I agree. Something like 3-in-1 Oil is waxier than Singer Sewing
>>>> Machine oil. I'd use the latter.
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>
>>>Singer Sewing Machine Oil is what's in my cabinet. I use it on my
>>>Swing-Away can opener occasionally.
>>
>> You cook with machine oil... YUCK!
>
>
>Um... using a can opener doesn't constitute cooking. What difference does
>it make what oil one uses on a can opener or a lazy susan?
>
>Jill

That's like asking what difference does it make to bathe with bath
soap or turpentine.

The can opener cutter wheel assembly contacts food. Any vegetable oil
is fine to lube a can opener but not petro machine oil.