I'm trying to follow up on Nobody's suggestion that I use RT-44 as a
lubricant for the rack and pinion on the telescope. Searching for
RT-44 with Google turns up endless hits for places on Route 44.
At Ace Hardware's website, searching for lubricant turns up what
looks like mostly motor oil but no RT-44 and searching for RT-44
turns up nothing. I also searched rec.crafts.metalworking for messages
mentioning rt-44 and found two, one of which was Nobody's posting I'm
following up on and the other was from someone who said he had gotten
a tube from American Science and Surplus. Searching http://www.sciplus.com
for rt-44 no longer turns up anything, nor does searching for lubricant.

So, where does one get rt-44?
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Ignorantly,
Allan Adler
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