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Re: Control Cable Housings
By:Nick Schade
Date: 1/11/1999, 9:32 am
In Response To: Control Cable Housings (Don Beale)

A heavy but durable solution I used once is flexible copper tubing available at most hardware stores. It is used a gas/oil lines in houses. It tends to be bigger than you need, but it does work.

> My Cape Charles has the Feathercraft rudder kit on it, with the black
> plastic housings for the rudder cables to run through. I'm not real
> impressed with the durability, the cables will eventually cut through the
> plastic, and it wont be fun to replace. HVAC systems use pneumatic tubing
> with a little thicker wall but it is still plastic. Any better ideas?
> Perhaps bicycle cable?

Messages In This Thread

Control Cable Housings
Don Beale -- 1/8/1999, 12:48 pm
Re: Control Cable Housings
Nick Schade -- 1/11/1999, 9:32 am
Re: Control Cable Housings
Jerry Weinraub -- 1/12/1999, 2:24 pm
Re: Control Cable Housings
Paul Jacobson -- 1/9/1999, 3:01 am
Re: Control Cable Housings
Nolan Penney -- 1/8/1999, 1:45 pm