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Old 02-06-07, 10:37 AM
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I asked Woz about this, him being an expert on seals and things. And he said that the o-ring on a torch cannister isn't really behaving as an o-ring - it's the force of the catches that seal that cannister.

Consequently it doesn't really need to be lubed.

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