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think I’ve got to bottom of my Cassese cs79 jamming in the head .

no grease in the distributer block and hammer , dry as bone.

anyone recommended a grease to use , i read elsewhere something called Molykote grease is best to use.

Any advice would be great.

thanks
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On a more serious note, all sorts of gunge drops down in to the wedge housing/hammer chute, glue, iron filings, tiny wood splinters .... and they all stick to your choice of lubrication and if you don't regularly clean it all off and re-lubricate you could be better off with no lubrication!

I strip the lot down every Sat afternoon and apply just a smear of grease - usually the white teflon stuff, but if I can't find that, vaseline will do, it'll only be there for a week.

I use Molykote grease. I had trouble locating a supplier that I could buy a small amount from, ie, not a box of 1 million units!
In the end a company on line very kindly sent me a "sample", the size of a large toothpaste tube, This has lasted me ages and was FOC which was handy. Sorry cant remember the name of the company...Try googling!

As far as I am aware Cassese wedges (genuine ones) are lubricated and so little in the way of lubrication should be needed if regularly used. A tip I did see on here is to fire a wedge after you have finished using the machine at the end of the day so that you remove any glue that may have gone into the block from the last farme joined.

Molycote is the grease supplied by Cassese for their machines. As Roboframer says clean it down and re grease regularly. If you block and hammer goes I think you will find it is a few hundred pounds to replace. The lubrication on the the wedges is not sufficient, take it from someone who didn't grease his block for a year . Also excessive use of glue on joints will also cause damage and problems, hence why for volume commercial jobs I use no glue yes no glue .

If anyone has a pneumatic cassese ie 3099 don't over grease as grease can get on to the sensors in the head and cause all sorts of problems.

Grease is the word but I'm not sure about the Saturday afternoon bit usually at home .

Loads of small tubes on eBay for a couple of quid, I'll try that's and report back if it makes a difference to mine jamming, tempted to just buy a new one if still jamming.

If it is still jamming it may well be that the head or the pin is damaged and need replacing. Cheapest option is to change the pin they do need replacing every now and then.

You should take care how much molykote you use as any residue molykote will be very hard (or even impossible), to remove from mounts or customers artwork. A small tube goes a very long way, it has a long shelf life and may last you a life time.

Not your average framer wrote:You should take care how much molykote you use as any residue molykote will be very hard (or even impossible), to remove from mounts or customers artwork. A small tube goes a very long way, it has a long shelf life and may last you a life time.

Everytime I buy a new cassese machine I get a tube of Molykote and you never need much, I don't think I will ever need to buy a tube of it ever still got the first tube from 15 yrs ago .

How do you manage to get grease from an underpinner onto a mount? I don't even manage to get grease from the cutting head of my cmc onto a mount.

Remove the firing pin clean the block, channel, pin post and firing pin.

Hold the firing pin upto the light and check the pin tip for burr or splits, replace if damaged.

Only grease the firing pin itself, nothing else grease just like you would a baking tin a fine coating, not to much.

Clean channel and degrease pin and re-grease once a month to keep your machine at its best.

Think! Preventative maintenence saves time costly breakdowns.

Mitreman