[SEL] belt dressing

[Leroy C.]

derek wrote:

>Compound for belting :-
>2 lb gum damar
>4 lb castor oil
>mix well, heat carefully.
>skim the skum as it cools ;-)
>~applied sparingly. Thin stream of the thick fluid run on the centre of the
>belt, while it is travelling.
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>Taken from The Enginemans Master Key.  L.F.R. Schnabel  1914
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OK what is gum damar and where do you find it???

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		C-ya

		  Leroy Clark

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