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Re: Pneumatic tubing...
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Date: 
Fri, 2 Feb 2001 02:05:24 GMT
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In article <3A79D959.6A1484AC@ameritech.net>, JP Brown
<envcons@ameritech.net> wrote:

* the exact material used for the LEGO pneumatic tubing (looks like it
might be
silicone to me, but I'm not an expert)
* dimensions for the ID, OD and wall thickness (probably metric, since
it's

I use tubing that is typically used for the fuel lines in R/C airplanes.
The tubing I bought is a little more "rubbery" than the lego tubing, but
it still fits snuggly and works fine.  I don't recall the ID, OD, etc.
I just brought the lego parts into the store and tried things until I
found something that worked.

I also seem to recall that some people used the tubing for air lines for
aquariums.  I haven't tried this myself.

Dave

--
reply to: dbaum at enteract dot com



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  Pneumatic tubing...
 
I know I've seen someone suggest a non-LEGO source for tubing compatible with LEGO pneumatics, but after half and hour of searching through past posts I can't locate it (so sorry for any repitition). I have tried auto parts stores (vacuum tubing -- (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)

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