Flange papers

[Newton Hunt]

For many years John Ford sold auto body stripeding tape to use for
traveling.

Unfortunately this material had gum that oozed out from the flange screw
parssure and changed the traveling.

For many years I have tried many different types of tape and have
finally come back to the old tried and true brown pachaging, lick and
stick, tape use for the last fifty or more years.  

It's advangate is that it does stick to most surfaces, is cheap in the
extreme, comes is large rolls and works perfectly for our purporses.

What I do is take a 1/2" dowl and stick the tape to the dowel then roll
one inch or more diameter of tape onto the dowl.  I take a piece of 2x4
and drill a 1" diameter hole down it's middle.  I split the 2x4 and fit
the dowl into the now opened hole and cut the tape after getting a firm
fit into the hole.  I seal the full width of the tape with a piece of
plastic tape with the end folded under.  I then glue the 2x4 back
togather with the tape inside the hole.  When it is dry I take it to the
band saw and cut slices from the 2x4 the width I wish for my traveling
tape.  My two inch wide brown tape will yield more than a yearj's worth
of taveling tape.

I don't trust modern adhesives on paper to be pressure indifferent over
the long haul.  

Have happy holidays, one and all.

	Newton
	nhunt@jagat.com