On Aug 20, 6:08 pm, "Blueskies" wrote:
"Blueskies" wrote in m...

"wright1902glider" wrote in message
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Just out of curiousity, how would someone comply with this procedure
now? Castol oil is easy enough to get, but white lead? Substitutes?
And what exactly does the white lead do? Does it act as a packing or
anti-corosive?

I've found that when restoring or reproducing vintage things,
attempting to find the correct materials is a real challenge, if not
impossible. When I built my Wright machine, the only easy materials to
find were the steel rod, sheet, and wire.

Harry Frey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkrUMT1d3C4

Wow. I especially like the part where "about fifty men"
install the wing.


Looks like they used the mixture as an anti-seize compound...


If white lead will harden castor oil then I would suppose the
opposite--that it was used as a thread-locking compound.

But if it does not harden, then I agree, anti-seize.

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FF