Hello Kevin
First off, I'm assuming you mean tube and not rod? I follow Mike
Nelson's advice on this and use model aircraft aluminium fuel tubing
- 4mm internal, 4.75mm external diameters.
This is very easily cut to length with a large scalpel/sharp Stanley
knife ( simply roll it
Anthony Robb wrote:
- 4mm internal, 4.75mm external diameters.
That is as near as d*mn*t 5/32 id and 3/16 od which is the size of
brass tube I use. So no argument there.
Personally, I suspect this fuel tube originates in the US where,
thankfully, the traditional sizes are alive and
Colin's interesting account of making staples from sheet metal is a very good
reminder that this was the staple [pun unavoidable] method of making staples
for historical reeds - they generally relied on the binding to keep them
airtight.
No reason why that shouldn't work perfectly well today,
