rubber tubing

just putting a quick question out there... where could a person (me) get thin rubber tubing, a couple of mm in diameter. I can order it online but will have to wait 3 working days etc. It would be great to get it this evening..

its for flushing the print head on an ink-jet printer, I have just watched a youtube video on the handiest way to do this. You attach one end to the nozzle of the print head chamber, and the other to a syringe (without the needle). You flush the print head by pulling and pushing the solution through the chamber via the syringe.

Not your normal AH thread, I know

Grayson

A shop near where you live/work depending on where you live/work?

kneemos

Your steam iron might have one. Or a kids water gun.

Don't think there's an aisle for 2mm rubber tubing.

Tokyo

Bike shop. You used to be able to get it for sealing bike valves. They may have some lying around.

mad muffin

Your nearest gimp shop should have them. They use them for vodka enemas.

Timberrrrrrrr

[Deleted User] wrote: »

just putting a quick question out there... where could a person (me) get thin rubber tubing, a couple of mm in diameter. I can order it online but will have to wait 3 working days etc. It would be great to get it this evening..

its for flushing the print head on an ink-jet printer, I have just watched a youtube video on the handiest way to do this. You attach one end to the nozzle of the print head chamber, and the other to a syringe (without the needle). You flush the print head by pulling and pushing the solution through the chamber via the syringe.

Not your normal AH thread, I know

These days it's probably cheaper to just buy a new printer.

kneemos

Thin electrical cable,if you can pull the wire out

Tacitus Kilgore

How many mm diameter?

Motor factors will have 10/8/6/4mm ID tube, maybe more sizes

Cee-Jay-Cee

Yeah right OP, of course it’s for flushing out an inkjet cartridge...we all believe you ya durty fcuker!!

YFlyer

Where do you live?

Try asking a technician, PhD student or lecturer in science or engineering department in close by college or university.

There be tubing from hplc instrument that may do the job.

Tacitus Kilgore

Any lego technic lying sets around? use the little vac pipes from one of those

Fr_Dougal

Something like this?

corner of hells

[Deleted User] wrote: »

just putting a quick question out there... where could a person (me) get thin rubber tubing, a couple of mm in diameter. I can order it online but will have to wait 3 working days etc. It would be great to get it this evening..

its for flushing the print head on an ink-jet printer, I have just watched a youtube video on the handiest way to do this. You attach one end to the nozzle of the print head chamber, and the other to a syringe (without the needle). You flush the print head by pulling and pushing the solution through the chamber via the syringe.

Not your normal AH thread, I know

I can trade you some , I just have to get it out of A&E past security.

What have you got to trade ?
I'm looking for a magazine of an MG34 , a real one now , none your replica ****.

Tacitus Kilgore

Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »

How many mm diameter?

Motor factors will have 10/8/6/4mm ID tube, maybe more sizes

thanks for the tip. I got sorted out, I hadn't thought of the motor factors.

thanks to everyone else for the suggestions


(now where did I put that crystal meth recipe...)