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Offline eindecker

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Re: Gaspatch turnbuckles, an observation and question
« Reply #15 on: December 31, 2014, 11:54:36 AM »
Take the diameter of your rigging material, then double that, plus a tiny bit more for enough room, and that's tje inside diameter of the tubing you need. For example, using 0.005" diameter monofilament (I.e. fly fishing tippet material), you would need an inner diameter of 0.010", plus a bit, say, 0.012".

Brass tubing works well for me.
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Re: Gaspatch turnbuckles, an observation and question
« Reply #16 on: December 31, 2014, 01:32:18 PM »
I use 0.5mm brass tube supplied by Griffon Model, it has an inside diameter of 0.33mm so it easily takes two runs of 0.12mm monofilament, CA bonds extremely well to the brass tube and the mono.

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Re: Gaspatch turnbuckles, an observation and question
« Reply #17 on: December 31, 2014, 01:37:18 PM »
Thanks Eindecker, that helps!  Now, to find some .012 tube.  :)

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