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10th Oct 2020, 6:28 am
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Nonode
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Tintinara, South Australia, Australia
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What are these plastic things called?
Mods, please move if I've put this in the wrong place.
What are the plastic bits called that you commonly find on the end of whip antennas (and various other places as sharp wire/rod end protectors)? Ie, the hollow flexible plastic bits that push over the end. I'm having a major brain fade in trying to locate some. |
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10th Oct 2020, 8:43 am
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Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Fife, Scotland, UK.
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Re: What are these plastic things called?
Tips?
Also used for those soft PVC caps pushed over the ends of pipes to keep muck out and the screw-on ball or pear shaped ends of handles and levers on machine tools. David
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10th Oct 2020, 8:46 am
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Nonode
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Dukinfield, Cheshire, UK.
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Re: What are these plastic things called?
I use the small plastic decorative beads you find at Hobbycraft. Lots of different types, sizes and colours and they come with a free hole!
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10th Oct 2020, 8:51 am
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Heptode
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK.
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Re: What are these plastic things called?
Plastic end caps maybe...https://www.vital-parts.co.uk/end-caps-14-c.asp
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10th Oct 2020, 9:14 am
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Heptode
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Blackburn, Lancashire, UK.
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Re: What are these plastic things called?
The word ferrule springs to my mind.
Hope that helps 
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Best Regards, Peter. Last edited by Lancs Lad; 10th Oct 2020 at 9:27 am. |
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10th Oct 2020, 10:08 am
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Dekatron
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Charmouth, Dorset, UK.
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Re: What are these plastic things called?
End caps? You can get them from ebay in many sizes.
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10th Oct 2020, 11:09 am
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Nonode
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Tintinara, South Australia, Australia
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Re: What are these plastic things called?
Thank you all, Peter's 'End caps' got me to them on Ebay.
One of those days when the brain just wouldn't connect. |
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10th Oct 2020, 11:10 am
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Hexode
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK.
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Re: What are these plastic things called?
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