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Re: Silly Tuning Ring Idea

Author: Matt74
Date: 2021-04-20 08:41

I want a lathe REALLY bad. I could make custom tuning rings, barrels, etc. There’s so much stuff you could make...

But for your sponge idea: A soft gasket could be made to fit so that it fits flush with the bore at any extension (more or less). You could make it to fit flush with the barrel pushed “in”, so that when you pulled “out” a bit it would shrink back so that it recessed a little. There would be a recessed dimple when pulled out, but not a big crack. You could probably engineer a gasket and/or joint profile that would cause most or all of the the bulging to go into the blind part of the socket.

Since you are only pulling out a millimeter or so neoprene, felt, or even soft leather might work. You could add rubber or wax to the very inside edge to make it “hard” and smooth.

- Matthew Simington

Post Edited (2021-04-20 08:42)

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