[Jewelry making - Article 01327] - Re: [Orchid] Marketing Rubber Cords

[Ian W. Wright]

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Hi,

    Slightly related to this subject, I was just in a fishing shop buying
    a couple of lead weights as counterweights for a grandfather clock
    and I spotted packs of silicone rubber tubing - I think intended for
    making little rubber rings to fix floats to fishing line (I don't
    really know anything about fishing except that it is the biggest
    bloodsport and should be banned throughout the world!). Anyway, this
    tubing was available in a variety of sizes from maybe half a
    millimetre bore to about 2mm bore and the packs each had two lengths
    of about 18 inches in (at least the one that I bought had) for just
    under 2UKP. It occurs to me that, since this tubing seems quite
    strong, it could maybe find a use in place of rubber and you could
    then make mechanical fixings to it by pushing a wire with a blob on
    the end up the bore and wrapping another wire ring around the outside
    to trap it in place. You could incorporate such a wire into an endcap
    and then kind of crimp the cap on... 

Best wishes
Ian
Ian W. Wright
Sheffield  UK 

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