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Re: Gauges

To: Malcolm Walker <walker05@camosun.bc.ca>
Subject: Re: Gauges
From: David Hill <davhill@cwcom.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 19:26:22 +0100
Cc: sanborn@net1plus.com, The Usual Suspects <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Organization: Psychomotor
References: <Pine.OSF.4.10.9906220937210.22898-100000@ccins.camosun.bc.ca>
Hi Malcolm, 

How about using silicone tubing. This is used for model aircraft and the
like and is extremely soft and flexible. It's about 3mm outside diameter
and being proof against model aircraft fuel, should handle anything as
instrument glass packing. 
Try a model shop. 

Cheers, 

Dave Hill

Malcolm Walker wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 22 Jun 1999 sanborn@net1plus.com wrote:
> 
> > and supplied me with the o-rings for the outside of the
> > gauges and lengths of a hollow vinyl tubing that was used to
> > form the seal between the bezel and glass.
> >
> > If you can find a flexible small diameter tubing you could
> > use that.  I could not locate it anywhere.
> 
> Would heat-shrink tubing work?  I got some small-diameter stuff (clear,
> even) when I got a grab-bag from Radio Shack.
> 
> -Malcolm
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