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Re: Cylindrical Slide Rule tube poll
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2010 Jan 22, 13:07 -0800
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2010 Jan 22, 13:07 -0800
The sizes you mentioned are the same as the original HR-1 and the original Bygrave is only slightly different, 54, 59 and 64. See: https://sites.google.com/site/sliderulesite/position-line-slide-rules/PositionLineSlideRules2009.pdf?attredirects=0 gl Wolfgang Hasper wrote: > Since we come back to the tubes time after time > I am interested to find out how many would like to make > an actual reproduction on reproduced tubes? > > The HR1 uses Aluminium tubes > > (all dimensions [mm]) > > inner tube 54x1 235 long > interm. tube 58x1 225 long > outer tube 62x1 222 long > > A kit of all three sizes 300 long each would be nice. > Narrow tolerances are required for the outer diameters > to fit the scales, the inner diameter is less > important. If there is a felt lining as on the > original you can easily compensate for 0.2 mm. > > Aluminium as the material seems preferable but not > compulsory. I would not like to have stainless steel, > it is heavy and a pain to machine. > > To investigate the local possibilities for custom tubes > I have started with a firm that works with perspex. > Maybe plastic is more realistic to have in custom > dimension than aluminium? We'll see. > I will try on aluminium tubes also. > > If Douglas is successful earlier it will be even > better, maybe we can get two independent quotes. > > How many on the list would be interested in how many > kits? > If you want I could compile a list of all interested so > we know how many metres we will have to order ;o) > > Wolfgang > > > > >