[AT] WAS: Snow Blower now Belt Dressing

[Bruce Moden]

Funny this subject would come up now.  I found a roll of "friction tape" yesterday in my dad's old tool box when looking or some electrical tape to hold some tractor light frames we were "epoxying", couldn't use the friction tape, it didn't stretch!  Anybody need it, send postage.
While I'm on the subject of why we were fixing tractor lights.  The rear lights (the red/yellow flashers) on my Kioti DK35 tractor are all plastic & stick up above the rear fenders, hit a branch & they are floping-  too much plastic on these tractors.
Bruce

--- On Thu, 8/19/10, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:


From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] WAS: Snow Blower now Belt Dressing
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Date: Thursday, August 19, 2010, 9:55 AM


I remember it well Farmer.  I just never thought about the fact that it's 
name might indicate it's intended use.  I always just thought of it as 
electrical tape that, like duct tape, gets used for lots of other purposes. 
Around home, folks called it "tar tape".

Charlie

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From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 9:25 AM
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] WAS: Snow Blower now Belt Dressing

> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 7:08 AM, charlie hill
> <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>> Someone else mentioned using friction tape.  I don't think I've seen any 
>> for
>> years.  I had never thought about it before but given the name it seems 
>> like
>> maybe that is what it's for.
>>
>> Charlie
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>
>
>
> We used it extensively in wiring before today's plastics were common.
> You used "splicing compound" (rubber tape) over the soldered splice
> then covered it with friction tape. The rubber tape could unwind if
> not covered and was not resistant to pressure damage like if pressed
> against a sharp corner some place. The friction tape was not
> insulative enough to be used alone.
> We used to use a lot of friction tape to patch handles on hammers,
> shovels, pitchforks, hoes, rakes etc. I still have some with the old
> tape on them. Having the tape on them shows them to be a little
> fragile and makes a good excuse to not work so hard and fast when
> using them. ;-)
>
>
>
> -- 
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> Be tolerant of almost everything but intolerance...
>
> Francis Robinson
> aka "farmer"
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson46176 at gmail.com
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