Teflon Tubing?
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Teflon Tubing?
Anyone know where you can get teflon/ptfe tubing sold by the foot? Or at least in rolls less than hundreds of feet, LOL.
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Try ebay. I got some from this vendor:gearhead wrote:Anyone know where you can get teflon/ptfe tubing
http://cgi.ebay.com/Teflon-Tubing-Assor ... dZViewItem
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I've gotten it from Handmade Electronics. http://www.hndme.com/ Small quantities available.
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Wow!Funkalicousgroove wrote:www.weicowire.com
wonder if they do small quantities - could be a one stop for pickup wire as well - Thanks Funk!Re: Teflon Tubing?
What am I missing?!?! Where would I use teflon tubing? WHy would I need it?
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It is a portable, placeable insulator. For one, it doubly ensures no bare wires touch. Especially around the tube sockets where components and leads are going everywhere.
I'm also building some socket adapters with different pinouts and need to use non-copper wire for pin strength. It has no insulation to begin with, so twisting from location A on input to location D on output makes it tough for at least two not to touch.
I'm also building some socket adapters with different pinouts and need to use non-copper wire for pin strength. It has no insulation to begin with, so twisting from location A on input to location D on output makes it tough for at least two not to touch.
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Like gearhead, I use it in point to point builds to put "socks" on various component leads. I just strip a little teflon wire though and use the strippage to slide on the lead. In the olden days it was called spagetti.d2camero wrote:What am I missing?!?! Where would I use teflon tubing? WHy would I need it?
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Re: Teflon Tubing?
They used to call it spaghetti. 
Back in the day, it was a woven cloth type tubing that was slipped over leads to insulate them.
Back in the day, it was a woven cloth type tubing that was slipped over leads to insulate them.
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That gives me an idea...gearhead wrote:It is a portable, placeable insulator. For one, it doubly ensures no bare wires touch. Especially around the tube sockets where components and leads are going everywhere.
I'm also building some socket adapters with different pinouts and need to use non-copper wire for pin strength. It has no insulation to begin with, so twisting from location A on input to location D on output makes it tough for at least two not to touch.
You wouldn't happen to be making a pin out adapter for a 9 pin preamp tube, would ya?
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I Have a large quantity of 20" Lengths of 18 Awg Teflon tubing
Great for cap and resistor covering... .15 each
Steve @ Apex Jr...
Great for cap and resistor covering... .15 each
Steve @ Apex Jr...