[ARC5] home-made knob conversion - brass tubing.

[Dennis Monticelli]

Yes, look in the vertical bins of the hardware store where metal rods are
sold.

The brass tubes are also useful for making spanner nut wrenches.  I have
improvised such wrenches and while the little tits are not as strong as
regular tools, they are strong enough to remove the nuts on our gear.

Dennis AE6C


On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com
> wrote:

> On 26 Aug 2014 at 6:42, J Mcvey wrote:
>
> >
> > OK, but where does one find 1/4 brass tubing?
>
> Well, here in Moscow, Idaho, I find it in a special display of various
> brass,
> aluminum, and steel rod, tube, and sheet at our local hardware
> stores...both
> of them.
>
> Also, at hobby stores. Model airplane builders use a lot of it.
>
> The tube comes in 1 foot long and 3 feet long pieces and cost is very
> reasonable.
>
> One 3 foot long piece is good for quite a number of adapters.
>
> They have sizes down to 1/8" and up to 1".
>
> I would imagine that any town at least as big as Moscow, Idaho (25K
> population) would have one or the other source.
>
> Ken W7EKB
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