[AT] checking.now vulcanizing

[Dennis Johnson]

This brings back memories when I worked at a Farmers Coop service station when I was in high school. We did several patches like that. Patching was the easy part. Hardest I worked there was trying and trying to get the tire broke off of an old 4 wheel trailer  rim that had the tires put on 15 or 20 years earlier. This was before all of the nice power bead breakers, and we had bars and hammers to work with. As I recall this repair took nearly half a day.

Dennis


Dennis


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> On Nov 3, 2015, at 9:30 AM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dean,  it seems to me that the "jig" or claw or
> clamp or whatever you want to call it, was made
> to push down on the metal edge of the patch.
> Daddy would peel up a bit of the brown, stuff on
> top of the patch so that it would easily catch fire
> when he stuck a match to it.  He usually lit it in
> two or three places.  Does that seem right to you?
> 
> Charlie
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: deanvp
> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 6:51 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] checking.now vulcanizing
> 
> 
> 
> Charlie, I remeber the exact same device.
> 
> 
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> Date: 11/01/2015  4:05 AM  (GMT-08:00)
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Subject: Re: [AT] checking.now vulcanizing
> 
> My dad actually had a little "vice" similar in appearance to a small drill
> press stand.
> The tube was placed on the table, the patch Herb described very well went on
> top of
> the tube covering the repair area, then a screw in the top of the vice
> screwed down
> and pressed a 4 pronged (if I remember right) jig down on top of the patch
> to hold it
> secure and under pressure while it burned and cured in.   That thing was
> around
> the farm somewhere but I haven't seen it in probably 30 years.
> 
> Charlie
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Steve W.
> Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2015 5:19 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] checking.now vulcanizing
> 
> Herb Metz wrote:
>> Farmer & Others,
>> Back in the 40's, Dad fixed many a flat with a vulcanized patch (1' x 2'
>> oblong); scuffed the area, brushed on a little gooey(?), placed the patch
>> which was in a metal container with 1/4" high wall and also contained a
>> brown fuzzy, clamped the patch to the tube, then struck a match and
>> pressed
>> it into the tube as it started to light.  The brown fuzzy burned/smoked
>> and
>> that vulcanized/sealed the patch to the tube. This type repair never
>> failed.
>> Is this type of tube repair still around?Herb
> 
> 
> Yep, They are still made and sold, Just not to the US...
> They were determined to be a health hazard by the feds...
> I still have a few around someplace..
> 
> You might still find them in the back of an OLD hardware store or farm
> supply place.
> 
> -- 
> Steve W.
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