Vertical Tube Dipping

[Jig Man]

There must be an easier way than the way I do it. I have Bears's tube injection molds. Most of the time I like them the way they come out of the mold but sometimes I want a second color or a heavier tube.

I drove some nails in a piece of trim board, cut off some dowel rods and drilled holes in them. I put the tubes on the rods and hold up the tails with a bread wrapper. I dip them. Let them drip. Tap the end on the bench and hang them on a nail to cool.

How do you guys do it.

Edited December 5, 2011 by Jig Man

[bojon]

I do the same thing,except I leave the tubes on the dipping rod.I'm not a fan of the the thick bodied tube,but always want a thinner tail.I do this when I paint my tubes using acrilic craft paint from Hobby Lobby.Cheap,and water clean up.The film of paint is very delicate,and can be easily damaged by the smallest touch.It becomes more durable when dipped in clear,I really don't find that the paint job makes much difference.

[Jig Man]

Thanks for the info bojon.

[Jig Man]

I'm still doing the same old same old.  I'd like to come up with something else to hold the tubes besides bread wires.

 

Any ideas will be appreciated.

[smallmouthaholic]

I'm still doing the same old same old.  I'd like to come up with something else to hold the tubes besides bread wires.

 

Any ideas will be appreciated.

1-Fix a group of metal clips in a row , horizontally and dip the tubes on the mandrels Them hang from their ends w/ the metal clips.

 

                                Or

 

 

2- cut some 5"length  ,1/4" diameter rods to insert into the tubes. Wrap masking tape securely around the tube tubes. Dip then hang in the clips.

[RayburnGuy]

There must be an easier way than the way I do it. I have Bears's tube injection molds. Most of the time I like them the way they come out of the mold but sometimes I want a second color or a heavier tube.

I drove some nails in a piece of trim board, cut off some dowel rods and drilled holes in them. I put the tubes on the rods and hold up the tails with a bread wrapper. I dip them. Let them drip. Tap the end on the bench and hang them on a nail to cool.

How do you guys do it.

 

I'm not a soft plastics guy so excuse me if I'm butting in, but I might have an idea that will do away with the bread ties. Take a piece of PVC, or any tubing for that matter, that is slightly larger than the tubes and cut a short length of it. Then drill holes on opposite sends close to the end of the tubing. Take a piece of wire and bend it in the middle to form a sort of half loop. Then tie each end of the wire into the holes drilled into the tubing. This way you can slide the ring over the tube and hang the wire loop on the same peg that's holding the dowels the tubes are on. The wire will have to be cut to a length so that the loop is positioned at such a level that it will hold the tails and not interfere with the next process.

 

hope this helps,

Ben

Edited November 22, 2013 by RayburnGuy

[mark poulson]

Maybe you could cut a short section of PVC pipe that slips over the tube, and slide it up past the tube body so it just covers the tails.  Drill a hole through both the PVC and the dowel, and us a small wire pin  to hold the PVC sleeve in place while you dip.

Afterward, take the dowel off the rack, pull the wire pin, and slide the PVC sleeve up over the end of the dowel.

That would seem to me to be faster than having to tie them up every time with a bread wire tie.

[Jig Man]

Now I think we are getting some where.  I'll see what I can come up with.

 

Thanks for the ideas guys.

[agarrett]

Why don't you just leave them on the rod that you use with your injector and then dip them on that?