Re: M-9's are cute....

[Ron Zammit <rzammit@polymail.cpunix.calpoly.edu>]

The University's Bookstore is right across the sidewalk from my office, so
I just popped over there.  There is a "dry cleaning pad" for about $2.50.
In high school we called them "pounce pads" and they were filled with
ground up gum eraser.  You rubbed the mechanical drawings with them to
clean the drawing when finished.

The bookstore also had a "salt shaker" container of "pounce" and I just
purchased it.  It does not look or smell like the gum eraser, but I'll try
it to see what it does.

To use the pad, rub it on the inside of the belt.  The belt will squeal
but will "clutch" very nicely and will also run the car with less tension.
I (optimistically) think I am wearing the belt inside surface less, as
this stuff is "rolling" between the belt and the pulley surfaces.

How often you need to apply it, depends on the use.  Some runs I need to
get down there every time there's a pause in the run and rub the stuff on,
especially on a new belt.

There was an article on this in the SETOFF years ago.  Dick Ray?  

ron


On Thu, 22 Oct 1998 M19SOORKB@Prodigy.Net wrote:

> More than that, we use CAD devices in our engineering "drafting" room, so I'm
> curious how Ron got a cave-man device in "today's" drafting supply store???
> 
> Mike
> 
> ----------
> > Ron,
> >
> > I want to hear more about how you use a "drafting pad" on or in drive with the
> > belt of your car.   How do you affix it to the drive ass'y...what is it
> > affixed to?  Does it increas the life of the belt or wear off the vulcanized
> > rubber to the cord?  My M19 has a steel Sou. Ry. type box cab with alot of
> > weight and wind resistance.  Maximizing lost drive energy without compromising
> > the life span of the car and parts is a must for me.
> >
> > Kevin Page
> >
> > Ron Zammit wrote:
> >
> > >  I do use the "drafting
> > > pad" on the belt, so it squealed a lot but got going and kept up with the
> > > Onans.  (The pad you buy at a drafting supply shop, or campus bookstore ;)
> > > and is normally used to wipe off drawings - it is ground up eraser inside.
> > > This is what is slipping not the belt.  It allows your belt to be run with
> > > less tension also.)
> >
> >
> >
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