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Re: Flex tube (was: Brickfest Pneumatic Master ...)
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lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickfest
Date: 
Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:54:06 GMT
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Mark Bellis wrote:

BTW what are flex tubes made of?  Is it polypropylene (like rubber band
holders), polystyrene or ABS?  I'm trying to find a way to get hold of a large
quantity of it but I need to know which type of plastic to look for!

Hi Mark, not sure what LEGO flex tubes are made of, but I've had good results
with 1/8" polystyrene model makers tubing which comes in 24" lengths in most
hobby shops. It's white, so you can paint it to the colour you want.

It's slightly less bendy than LEGO tubing, but not much, and the internal and
external diameters match almost exactly.

ROSCO



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  Re: Flex tube (was: Brickfest Pneumatic Master ...)
 
(...) I've seen the white "Plastruct" tubing at model railway shows and in hobby shops, but it costs 35p for about 12", which is too short and too expensive (considering my 5.5p/piece average Lego price, including railway stuff), even when bought in (...) (19 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickfest)

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  Re: Brickfest Pneumatic Master and new Pneumatic Gate Circuits
 
(...) I mean "competition" in jest, since we are a community learning from each other. I do feel a bit tucked away out of sight in the UK. It seems that only the US is currently big enough to attract enough attention from TLG. I'm also trying to (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickfest)

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