Bob Hill wrote:

Anybody know how to make tar for use in tarring rigging (hemp and marline)?

The major pre oil well source of tar was from the Baltic. The preferred
tar for most naval applications was Stockholm tar. I believe this was
produced by destructive distillation of pine wood. Heat pine twigs,
shavings, chips, needles, bark, small branches &ect. strongly over a fire
in an airtight container equipped with a vent tube leading to a
condenser. One of the fractions that comes off is tar, another should be
turpentine, there are also more volatile fractions like wood alcohol and
possibly acetone.

Or did you really mean 'Anybody know how to PREPARE tar for use tarring
rigging (hemp and marline)?' ?
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