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Subject: 
Ribbed Tube Sizes
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lugnet.technic
Date: 
Mon, 17 Jan 2000 18:18:33 GMT
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Has anyone noticed if the ribbed tubes (like from 8448 and Cyberslam) come in
standard sizes, or is TLC just cutting them to whatever size they happen to
need?

Ditto question for the flex tubes, I suppose.

Steve



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  Re: Ribbed Tube Sizes
 
They are standard (even multiples of 1 "stud length") sized, as are the flex tubes. Although I've noticed that sometimes the ribbed tubes seem to be cut a little long or short, and are off by 1 "rib" or so. "Steve Bliss" <blisses@worldnet.att.net> (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
  Re: Ribbed Tube Sizes
 
(...) I've convinced myself that all the pieces of the ribbed tubing in the sets I have are of some integer stud length - 2L, 4L, 16L, etc. I began by just measuring them in cm or mm, but as I look back on those measurements now, they always divide (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
  Re: Ribbed Tube Sizes
 
My guess was that they would follow axle sizes -- 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 ... but I don't have enough different sizes to check that yet. -- Paul Davidson Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:FoHs6x.u3@lugnet.com... (...) in (...) (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)

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