01-24-2009, 03:04 PM
[quote="Sumpter250"]Electrical crimp connectors! 
I never saw that coming! 
I guess it's never too late to retrain the eye, and the brain, to see valuable ideas in the mundane realities.
Melting tread details into O rings with heated screen. I will have to try that technique....that's a hot idea!
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The key to doing that is to get a flat surface on the O ring first. The screen I use is from a "Splatter Guard" thing made for kitchen use. I hold a butane torch under it & move it along as I roll the "tire" across it. You can get two different tread designs --one by moving it "square" with the mesh & a better one ( I think) by going on a diagonal pass. I found my screen at a Dollar Store--- it's about 12 inch in diameter & a very fine mesh. Get a steel one, the aluminum ones melt to easy.
I never saw that coming! I guess it's never too late to retrain the eye, and the brain, to see valuable ideas in the mundane realities.
Melting tread details into O rings with heated screen. I will have to try that technique....that's a hot idea!
[/quoteThe key to doing that is to get a flat surface on the O ring first. The screen I use is from a "Splatter Guard" thing made for kitchen use. I hold a butane torch under it & move it along as I roll the "tire" across it. You can get two different tread designs --one by moving it "square" with the mesh & a better one ( I think) by going on a diagonal pass. I found my screen at a Dollar Store--- it's about 12 inch in diameter & a very fine mesh. Get a steel one, the aluminum ones melt to easy.
Instant glue ? ---- SOLDER ---- NOW THATS INSTANT!