[AT] checking.now vulcanizing

charlie hill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Tue Nov 3 07:10:52 PST 2015


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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