Brass Tubing

[woodguy1975]

Anyone know where you can buy the brass tubing for 7mm pens in bulk lenght? I like being able to cut mine to whatever lenngth I need. I know PSI sells 10" peices, but there has to be a place where we can buy this tubing in lengths for less. Would a 9/32 tube with .014 wall work? This combo gives you an ID of .253. I've seen this at hobby stores.

Thanks,

John

 

[Fred in NC]

None of the hobby store tubes I tried work with the 7mm kits.

I get my tubes from Woodturningz.

 

[DCBluesman]

John--Your best bet is to mic your press fit parts to determine what ID will work.

 

[lkorn]

I've checked a few Hobby Shops and none of them carry the same size tubes as the 7MM pens kits. I suspect it is a proprietary size just for the industry. I did get new tubes for the perfume atomizers that I messed up[]

 

[its_virgil]

Ryan at http://www.woodturningz has them in 10 inch lengths or check out http://www.smallparts.com
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Donm

Originally posted by woodguy1975
<br />Anyone know where you can buy the brass tubing for 7mm pens in bulk lenght? I like being able to cut mine to whatever lenngth I need. I know PSI sells 10" peices, but there has to be a place where we can buy this tubing in lengths for less. Would a 9/32 tube with .014 wall work? This combo gives you an ID of .253. I've seen this at hobby stores.

Thanks,

John

 

[esheffield]

Maybe McMaster-Carr http://www.mcmaster.com/. No idea if it would work, but check out part number 88605K26. 7mm OD, 6.1 ID, 300mm long (~ 1 ft). Pack of 8 for 12.60. Offhand I think it's probably too thick, but they have a pretty good selection so maybe you can find something that can work.

Edit: Doh! My math was off - when I said I thought it was too thick I was converting the 0.45mm thickness to English units and goofed it up. It would be about 0.018" so it might be OK.

 

[Fred in NC]

Eddie, that price is higher than Woodturningz !!!

 

[esheffield]

Higher than PSI too for that matter. How much is Woodturningz price on it? Not something I've bought much of so I really had no idea when I was looking it up if that was a good price or not.

McMaster does have many different sizes too though so if you need something a little odd or hard to find they may have it. Tons of other hard-to-find bits and pieces too.

 

[jdavis]

Better off with buying from the suppliers that sell pen kits.

 

[woodguy1975]

I'll just order the tubes from Ryan. It isn't a big deal, I just figured there has to another way to get the tubing. Thanks for the response guys. I appreciate your input.

John

 

[Fleabit]

Pens of Color sells them too.