[meteorite-list] Re: [meteoritecollectorsassociation] Intermission/Membra...

From: tracy latimer <daistiho_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:27 2004
Message-ID: <Sea2-F31z8kpXp4Pqsh00013c3b_at_hotmail.com>

I just remembered where I had seen those translucent o-rings before. Go to
a sporting goods store and ask at the counter for paintball supplies.
O-rings used in the innards of paintball guns are those translucent-to-white
silicon rubber jobbies.

Tracy Latimer


> mafer_at_imagineopals.com writes:
>What I would like to mention is that the Apple Rubber company in NY (no,
>they
>aren't that kind of company) make all sizes of o-rings and are especially
>noted for the manufacture of silicon o-rings in just about any color you
>can
>think of including a translucent uncolored one.
>If anyone were to go into a scuba store and tell them you need a few spare
>black o-rings, they might just give you a few for free. A scuba tank uses
>an
>o-ring as the contact between its valve and that of the regulator's first
>stage.
> Most all divers carry a few spares in their gearbags just in case -
>even
>if a scuba store wanted to sell you a few rather than giving them away,
>they're
>dirt cheap...especially compared to that specimen you're wanting to
>protect.
> ;-)
>
>Gregory (PADI Divemaster, #180640)

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Received on Mon 13 Oct 2003 01:36:10 AM PDT