Model Forum / General / Models / April 2009

I've never come across plastic olives either, but might o-rings be suitable?

Thanks.
They are not used in any form of plumbing application. Any fisherman in the
group would spot them. They used to be made locally until the company went
bust, just wondered if it was possible to buy them from elsewhere, seems not
after much googling and asking here.
Bob

Perkins used plastic olives on their fuel pipes for years, they were
very good in that they stopped the pipes from cracking at the ends
where the olive fitted.

Bob, What about using 4mm plastic pipe and cutting a slice off ? that
would probably be 3mm inside bore, if you need 1,000's you could use a
guillotine with a back stop ?

John S

Ah, I assumed it was only a few. Main problem (from experience of
making Aluminium olives in volume) is not losing them in the swarf!

Richard

In your non plumbing application, how similar to pipe olive shape do
they need to be?
ie could they be cut from plastic tubing or even electrical sleeving?

Bob (another one!)

On 19 Apr, 10:49, "R Plume Eng Co" <rplume.eng...@btinternet.com>
wrote:

Be great job for an Escomatic and a coil of tube.
Mark.