[SEL] Blow Torch Leathers

[jlb94 at juno.com]

Thanks Lew,
As I said in a previous e-mail - Looks like I'm going to have to give it
a try.
I have several scraps of leather hiding in a drawer.

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Lew near Waco, TX 
On Sun, 9 Nov 2008 22:11:32 -0600 "Lew Best" <bee_keeper at earthlink.net>
writes:
> Don't know about one that small but I made some for an old forklift
> hydraulic cylinder (about 3" diameter cylinder IIRC) with leather I 
> got
> at a saddle shop.  Cut it & then got it wet; formed it to shape & 
> when
> dry it held the shape well enough to work.
> 
> Lew near Waco, TX
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>  Hi List,
> 
> Does anyone out there have any idea where to find the leather cup 
> shaped
> disks found in 
> the pump of an antique blow torch or antique plumbers stove?
> 
> It is made of leather with an outside diameter of about 3/4" and a 
> 3/16"
> hole in the middle.
> It is shaped like a cup with the sides approx 1/8" - 3/16" high.
> 
> Also - I'm looking for the material that might be used in the check
> valve
> to stop the air 
> from returning back through the pump.
> 
> Any ideas will be appreciated.
> 
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