O.T. Found something kind of cool recently


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Posted by David Sherman [24.32.202.83] on Friday, August 28, 2009 at 01:21:33 :

I came across two blocks of "Dixon's Motor Chain Compound", one still in its original box. This is the stuff that was used to lubricate the chains of those old chain-drive heavy trucks. I've never seen one of the trucks running but I saw one in a museum in the Columbia Gorge. I even found across an article about it in "The Horseless Age". Not sure what I'll ever do with this stuff. I probably won't melt it down and use it as chain lube as these might be the only two blocks of it left on Earth. According to the article it's "composed of Dixon's 635 special lubricating graphite with mineral and animal lubricating materials and is made into hard oblong cakes weighing about 3 pounds." So, it's a mixture of graphite, tallow, and paraffin most likely. They don't say what makes "#635" special or if they had 634 other kinds. I can testify that they are indeed hard oblong cakes weighing about 3 pounds. You're supposed to melt it at 180 degrees, soak the chains in it, work them around in the melted glop, take them out, and then let them cool completely before using them. I wonder how often they had to do this on logging trucks that were dragging their chains through the mud all day. I can see why drive shafts replaced chains. This is the same Dixon that made pencils.



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