hooksey
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Got a Nephew in Canberra who’s studying and working for a local artist, specialising in the art of blowing
anyone got a sample in Aus...... no harm in asking.
Parts for older Orlandi/Paioli fuel taps?
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anyone got a sample in Aus...... no harm in asking.
motoddrob
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specialising in the art of blowing
All sorts of weird shit goes on in Canberra!!
All sorts of weird shit goes on in Canberra!!
hooksey
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Dellortoman
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Got a Nephew in Canberra who’s studying and working for a local artist, specialising in the art of blowing
I'll see if I can find mine.
arancia
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Else let me know and I'll be pleased to send an example of an original from the early 70s now pretty opaque "clear" plastic bowl.
Still waiting for a response from my attempt to order them through the Benelli Bauer website.
hooksey
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If someone could post up a pic with all the dimensions...... it may suffice
arancia
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like this?
hooksey
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Sweet, I will pass that on
OneThinBloke
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Glass tube cut to length seems the most obvious answer.
Dellortoman
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OK, using dimensions provided by arancia, I've drawn it up. Rounded the dimensions to the nearest 0.5mm.
Also included a suggested arrangement of an alternative made from tube as suggested by James. Glass has excellent fuel resistance and would last indefinitely.
Borosilicate glass tube is available in 18mm OD with 1.8mm wall thickness, which would do the job nicely. Obviously it will need (fibre?) gaskets each end of the glass tube. No idea how to cut a 12mm length of 18mm glass tube with nice flat and square ends though. I guess the ends would need to be ground. Something tells me that parting it off in the lathe would not be a good idea.
However, clear acrylic tube is available in 18mm OD x 2mm wall thickness, and that will part off OK with a lathe. That might be a simpler option and less likely to break when the bolt is tightened up. It would certainly make a nice clear sight glass and has good* fuel resistance. Dunno how it'll last long term though. It could end up looking like the stained yellow ones in arancia's photos in a year or two (I suspect they're acrylic). But if you have a length of acrylic tube, you can simply cut off another piece.
* "Good" chemical resistance is defined as "Little or no damage after 30 days of constant exposure to the reagent." It's one step down the scale from "Excellent"
Also included a suggested arrangement of an alternative made from tube as suggested by James. Glass has excellent fuel resistance and would last indefinitely.
Borosilicate glass tube is available in 18mm OD with 1.8mm wall thickness, which would do the job nicely. Obviously it will need (fibre?) gaskets each end of the glass tube. No idea how to cut a 12mm length of 18mm glass tube with nice flat and square ends though. I guess the ends would need to be ground. Something tells me that parting it off in the lathe would not be a good idea.
However, clear acrylic tube is available in 18mm OD x 2mm wall thickness, and that will part off OK with a lathe. That might be a simpler option and less likely to break when the bolt is tightened up. It would certainly make a nice clear sight glass and has good* fuel resistance. Dunno how it'll last long term though. It could end up looking like the stained yellow ones in arancia's photos in a year or two (I suspect they're acrylic). But if you have a length of acrylic tube, you can simply cut off another piece.
* "Good" chemical resistance is defined as "Little or no damage after 30 days of constant exposure to the reagent." It's one step down the scale from "Excellent"