My Dad always had friction tape as well. He used it to "bandage" damage to small trees and limbs and to "fix" his leaky garden hose (it didn't work well on the hose - but Duct Tape hadn't been invented yet). I used to see a lot of friction tape used in knob and tube house wiring too.
Chuck WB2EDV ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff DePolo" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 9:03 AM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] OT: Tape > > I haven't had friction tape in years. I remember finding rolls of it in > my > dad's toolbox when I was a kid, and always wondered why anyone would use > it > instead of regular electrical tape. Maybe some of you old-timers could > comment on the reason for its existance and intended purpose. Was it just > a > precursor to today's plastic electrical tape, or did it have some other > definitive purpose, maybe specific to cloth-insulated electrical wiring? > >
