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Re: Stuffing Boxes?
Posted by: John from Ballard ()
Date: January 23, 2008 09:11PM

Stuffing boxes are usually sealed by using tarred rope. On a propulsion shaft a skilled engineer or some other greasy person would wedge this rope around the shaft sealing the sea from the boat. On fishing boats we leave a drip rate of about a drop per second to lubricate the shaft seal. This water goes into the bilge and then overboard. Of course we try not to go under water.

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Stuffing Boxes? paul tjader 01/15/2008 07:38PM
Re: Stuffing Boxes? ROBERT M. 01/15/2008 08:49PM
Re: Stuffing Boxes? schalke 01/17/2008 07:00PM
Re: Stuffing Boxes? John from Ballard 01/23/2008 09:11PM
Re: Stuffing Boxes? Walter Schmidt 01/24/2008 02:54PM
Re: Stuffing Boxes? ROBERT M. 01/24/2008 09:50PM


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