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

[rfinch@mlode.com (Rob Finch)]

NAPA, and other stores, sell belt dressing.  What is your thought about
using that on a slipping belt?
Rob
Sonora, Ca


Ron Zammit wrote:

> 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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