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A while ago I was studying the early uses of small ( less than 10 HP) inboard engines on work and utility boats. I came accross a reference to a make-shift stuffing box called a "soreleg". Apparently it consisted of a strong fabric sleave or old trouser leg tacked to the wood where the propeller shaft penetrated the boat,partially filled with tallow and tied with string in several places to a close fit around the shaft. Has anyone seen such or had experience with it?
A while ago I was studying the early uses of small ( less than 10 HP) inboard engines on work and utility boats. I came accross a reference to a make-shift stuffing box called a "soreleg". Apparently it consisted of a strong fabric sleave or old trouser leg tacked to the wood where the propeller shaft penetrated the boat,partially filled with tallow and tied with string in several places to a close fit around the shaft. Has anyone seen such or had experience with it?
A while ago I was studying the early uses of small ( less than 10 HP) inboard engines on work and utility boats. I came accross a reference to a make-shift stuffing box called a "soreleg". Apparently it consisted of a strong fabric sleave or old trouser leg tacked to the wood where the propeller shaft penetrated the boat,partially filled with tallow and tied with string in several places to a close fit around the shaft. Has anyone seen such or had experience with it?
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