[SEL] belt dressing

[bill at antique-engines.com]

>>gum damar<<

That's a Farengi officer on TNG.

Bill

> 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.
>>
>>
>>Taken from The Enginemans Master Key.  L.F.R. Schnabel  1914
>>
>>
>>
>>
> OK what is gum damar and where do you find it???
>
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