Rob, The flask of bourbon in my lubricant box definitely adds a conversation piece with the client. It is almost the same response I had when Fred Drash mentioned it in a seminar. I explain that some of the old-timers had some pretty imaginative ideas. What I really like is when I don't have enough bourbon for the job and I have to tell the client I need to run to the liquor store for more supplies <g>. Tim Coates Robert Edwardsen wrote: > Roger, > > I've used your process for many years but like Fred Drash's reasoning for > keeping a bottle bourbon, handy. I just might put a flask in my > lubricant/glue box. > > Rob > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jolly roger" <baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca> > To: <caut@ptg.org> > Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 1:08 AM > Subject: Re: any new fix for an old problem > > > Rob, > > Being cheap, just buy a small bottle of rubbing alcohol from the > > drugstore. The alcohol acts as a wetting agent, the water does the > > shrinking. The ratio is not too critical. > > Once you get the bushings wet, the action will cease up pretty well, don't > > be alarmed, once the action dries out all should be well. > > Roger > > > > > > At 12:45 AM 2/24/01 -0500, you wrote: > > >Roger, > > > > > >Do you think the 50/50 solution would be about 40 proof? > > > > > >Rob Edwardsen > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "jolly roger" <baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca> > > >To: <caut@ptg.org> > > >Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 11:41 PM > > >Subject: Re: any new fix for an old problem > > > > > > > > >> Hi Paul, > > >> Shrink the bushing cloth with 50% water/alcohol, leave > for > > >> 24hrs to dry slowly. It will shrink the bushing to size. > > >> If you speed dry, it tends to over size the bushings. > > >> Regards Roger > > >> > > >> At 08:18 PM 2/23/01 -0500, you wrote: > > >> >Hi All, > > >> >Since my retirement from my institutional work, I have been "out in > the > > >> >field" at some local colleges and schools. A Baldwin 243HP action was > > >> >treated several years ago with Naptha and mineral oil, and now gets > very > > >> >sluggish at times. After I treat it with Protek, everything is fine > for > > >a > > >> >while. Is there any way short of replacing parts, pins and/or > flanges, > > >to > > >> >drive out the mineral oil? > > >> > > > >> >I'm hoping in time the Protek will, but I'm looking for more sage > advice > > >> >from some of the old sages that have encountered the problem before. > > >> > > > >> >Paul Kupelian, RPT > > >> >kupelian@oswego.edu > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > > >
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