You are doing fine at that rate:
I throw about 20 feet onto a 105" screen and it looks fine.
The grease on both my Elmos is pretty clean and pliable, so I've never really thought about re-lubing them. I bought my ST-1200 from Steve Osborne, and I believe he lubed it there, actually.
The ST-1200 is built like a tank. A lot of what are plastic guides on the ST-800 are metal on the '1200. Some areas that are sliding film guides on the '800 are rubber rollers on the '1200. (Two points for the ST-1200...)
The '1200 is noticibly heavier, and the machinery is quieter too.
They are in the same family, yet more like cousins than siblings!
When I went to Cinesea last month, I took the ST-800 to be review whatever prints I bought up in my hotel room. (Used the refrigerator door for a screen: the walls are a funky color!) I left the (unique) power cord behind in the room and the hotel found it . In the roughly two weeks it took to get it back I still missed using the machine: ST-1200HD or not!
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