Valve extensions for air bearings - bdiament

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Valve extensions for air bearings

Posted by bdiament (A) on March 20, 2002 at 04:44:50

In Reply to: Re: Racks and pics posted by Gene W on March 19, 2002 at 17:59:34:

Hi Gene:

"That is similar to the sand box types except using an inner tube instead of sand, right?"

I guess it is. It is also similar to the Mondo racks of yore. Actually I was considering a Mondo rack when they went out of business. Their site suggested trying your own design and that was a great service to me. After much experimenting, I decided their sorbothane hemispheres supporting the floating platform could be improved upon. The result is the "Enjoyyourshelf" rack.

"The way you described tucking it into the bottom of the shelf sounds as if you have something more flexible in mind."

After a long search, I found flexible valve extensions at:
http://www.getagauge.com/accessories.cfm

The device is called a Chek-a-spare. I don't know what the core is made of but it has an outer braid made of cloth with standard Shrader valve connectors (male and female). (The site says they're 42" long but I recall 36". My memory cells must be shorting.)

The Check-a-spare is pretty flexible and with an ~ 2" hole in each rack shelf, there's enough room to tuck them away (inside the circle made by the inner tube).

Happy Listening!
Barry

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Topic - How to combine DIY isolation systems (DIYUMA + inner tube + sand bags) - JimLG 09:21:39 03/18/02 (12)

Re: How to combine DIY isolation systems (DIYUMA + inner tube + sand bags) - bdiament 04:29:47 03/19/02 (9)

Re: How to combine DIY isolation systems (DIYUMA + inner tube + sand bags) - Gene W 08:33:00 03/19/02 (6)

Racks and pics - bdiament 11:23:36 03/19/02 (5)

Re: Racks and pics - Gene W 17:59:34 03/19/02 (4)

Re: Racks and (sort of) pics - bdiament 04:50:16 03/20/02 (1)

Re: Racks and (sort of) pics - Gene W 08:50:49 03/21/02 (0)

Valve extensions for air bearings - bdiament 04:44:50 03/20/02 (1)

Re: Valve extensions for air bearings - Gene W 08:45:27 03/21/02 (0)

Hola Barry.....Include your pictures for the new isolation rack as soon as you.... - Jose Garcia 05:33:44 03/19/02 (1)

Will post rack pics if I can - bdiament 11:08:09 03/19/02 (0)

Hola Jim....... - Jose Garcia 18:13:07 03/18/02 (0)

Re: How to combine DIY isolation systems (DIYUMA + inner tube + sand bags) - Gene W 14:01:29 03/18/02 (0)

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Valve extensions for air bearings - bdiament 04:44:50 03/20/02 (1)

Re: Valve extensions for air bearings - Gene W 08:45:27 03/21/02 (0)

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