[Milsurplus] WW2 era flexible conduit

[Mike Hanz]

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Hi Meir,

I've had good luck using Liquid Tight flex conduit like that shown at
http://www.delikon.com/lfmc.html, available in sizes ranging from 3/8"
to 2"ID.  http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/6D074 or
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/1YPF6 are a couple of examples.
You have to follow with a dye job using black vinyl dye from an
automotive parts place.  See
http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/modding/46 for an overview.  I've
used http://www.summitracing.com/parts/VHT-SP941 with excellent
results.  Hard to tell from the originals.  (You probably don't want to
buy a hundred feet, but I included the links so you can see what you are
searching for.)  The terminations take a lathe to make the fittings if
they are the screw-on type, but many of the Cannon connectors will take
the flex conduit directly, depending on shell size.

73,
Mike  KC4TOS

wf2u at ws19ops.com wrote:
> I've been looking for some tubing which has the looks of WW2  
> vintage rubber cable jackets. I was thinking along the lines of  
> thin-walled rubber tubing, but my search is unsuccessful.