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Old 2013-09-06, 12:29pm
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Originally Posted by bexrox View Post
So tube encasing means that you drop the rod into a closed end tube and melt the tube? I would imagine you have to be quite specific with the ID of the tubing, and careful to get all air out. I am just dipping my toes in the boro water too, and want to know all I can! Maybe I'll youtube encasing with tube...
Yup that is pretty much it. if you are careful and melt from the bottom up you will not trap any air during the encasing. It is one of the easier boro tricks to master. As long as you don't try do something ridiculous like encase a 5 mm rod with 25mm heavy wall size is not really an issue. I usually have 12mm heavy and standard wall in my rack, they usually work fine unless the colored rod is really thick.
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