The Search for the Perfect Condom (vacuum actuator diaphragms)
05-09-2006, 01:44 AM
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Originally Posted by heinrich
Sorry I'd help but I don't know anything about condoms that ahem ... small 
05-09-2006, 02:09 AM
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Originally Posted by FlyingDog
She should ask on a Corvette forum... 
Seriously though....
You can't tell me that everybody is spending $50 to $80 bucks EACH for new actuators and then pulling them apart to get the new fifty-cent rubber diaphragm out.
05-09-2006, 11:32 AM
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Jane ... tell me you have an available sister .... I think if one talked to any chick in Seattle along the humorous lines in this thread, one would be considered a sex offender.
.... I think if one talked to any chick in Seattle along the humorous lines in this thread, one would be considered a sex offender.
05-10-2006, 02:02 PM
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bd0nalds0n wrote:
"What about a tractor tire inner tube? I'm trying to remember how thick the rubber was..."
I'd guess tractor tubes are relatively thick and non-pliable. Bicycle tubes?
There are pix of the actuator and diaphragm here:
http://members.rennlist.com/pirtle/svc_act.html
and a pic of the way the actuator assembles here:
https://rennlist.com/forums/showpost...32&postcount=5
It looks as if the molded shape of the diaphragm may be important. Anybody know the guage/thickeness of the rubber? What the "throw" of the actuator is?
But since a generic might work fine, maybe one of these firms can help:
http://www.jeffersonrubber.com/default.htm?src=google
http://www.diacom.com/
http://www.coastcraft.com/
http://www.thomasnet.com/products/ru...2422406-1.html
The last one list a bunch of other companies.
Carchick, if you've already got one apart to measure ......
BTW, tire tubes of various sizes make great, extremely durable rubber bands. A vice, a couple of straightedges and a razor blade and you've got an assembly line.
"What about a tractor tire inner tube? I'm trying to remember how thick the rubber was..."
I'd guess tractor tubes are relatively thick and non-pliable. Bicycle tubes?
There are pix of the actuator and diaphragm here:
http://members.rennlist.com/pirtle/svc_act.html
and a pic of the way the actuator assembles here:
https://rennlist.com/forums/showpost...32&postcount=5
It looks as if the molded shape of the diaphragm may be important. Anybody know the guage/thickeness of the rubber? What the "throw" of the actuator is?
But since a generic might work fine, maybe one of these firms can help:
http://www.jeffersonrubber.com/default.htm?src=google
http://www.diacom.com/
http://www.coastcraft.com/
http://www.thomasnet.com/products/ru...2422406-1.html
The last one list a bunch of other companies.
Carchick, if you've already got one apart to measure ......
BTW, tire tubes of various sizes make great, extremely durable rubber bands. A vice, a couple of straightedges and a razor blade and you've got an assembly line.
05-10-2006, 04:39 PM
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What about the Silicon ? rubber solution that can be used to make flexible moulds. Available from craft/hobby shops. Looks like the Female half of the casing could be used as a mould.
