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I found the arbor for my hole saw set finally & also unearthed another long lost piece of 1" i.d. pvc tube. I decided to make a new lube stick mold.
I now had 28 4" tubes. Found a chunk of painted osb in scrap area a (aka my basement). I layed out bored the holes just under the o.d. of the tubes. Used a dremel sanding wheel to final fit each hole. Screwed & glued a base on. Then hit the tubes with cooking spray & put a dollup of 100% silicone in each hole then slid them in and let stand for 3 days. I've used that method to make custom/ obsolete seals for machines and 4x4's it works well & cheap.
I tested every method I could think of to get the sticks out with the old mold. Letting the sticks stand for 1hr worked as well as anything however, there were always 3-4 that were tough to remove despite the tubes being sprayed with cooking spray. I decided to make a pusher outer doodad.
I took an hf 8" c clamp and glued a tube to slide the stick out into. I shortened the screw so it can't smoosh the lube sticks, has a stop, & can have a drill attached for easy lube stick removal.
I'm going to get 5lb of bwax from a friend soon and will probably make some Bens red & ?????????? (Your suggestions here) to test it out.
I now had 28 4" tubes. Found a chunk of painted osb in scrap area a (aka my basement). I layed out bored the holes just under the o.d. of the tubes. Used a dremel sanding wheel to final fit each hole. Screwed & glued a base on. Then hit the tubes with cooking spray & put a dollup of 100% silicone in each hole then slid them in and let stand for 3 days. I've used that method to make custom/ obsolete seals for machines and 4x4's it works well & cheap.
I tested every method I could think of to get the sticks out with the old mold. Letting the sticks stand for 1hr worked as well as anything however, there were always 3-4 that were tough to remove despite the tubes being sprayed with cooking spray. I decided to make a pusher outer doodad.
I took an hf 8" c clamp and glued a tube to slide the stick out into. I shortened the screw so it can't smoosh the lube sticks, has a stop, & can have a drill attached for easy lube stick removal.
I'm going to get 5lb of bwax from a friend soon and will probably make some Bens red & ?????????? (Your suggestions here) to test it out.