O-Rings

[amoret]

In particular, I lost one that went on the center tube of my Davide , but I've seen enough mentions of o-rings getting lost or damaged that it would seem to make sense for someone to offer a selection or kit of replacement o-rings.

I haven't been doing this long enough to have developed a parts bin from damaged or just disliked equipment. I looked through what I do have and couldn't find anything to fit the Davide. It is a shame to have such a minor problem render a good piece of equipment unusable.

It seems to me that a kit of different sizes of o-rings would be a handy thing to have around. Has anyone seen these available?

 

[amoret]

No ideas? I found an old thread with instructions on how to make a replacement, but I can't do fine hand work myself. My daughter will help when she visits next, but that probably won't be for at least two months. I'm missing my Davide.

 

[freeatlast!]

Good idea you offered, I would buy such a kit of mixed size orings. I have the same problem with my Davide & have no idea what size I'd need in a replacement but it's a tiny one! Besides, wouldn't want to buy just one, that would be kinda silly....

 

[amoret]

Yeah, it is tiny. The idea for making one that I found in the old thread was for tracing and cutting it out of the cover that comes on new coils. I'm getting desperate enough that I'm considering trying that with a multi size hole punch. I just have to get upstairs and find it. I haven't been able to sew for a while now, and the supplies and tools are a complete mess.

 

[FlamingoTutu]

Okay, I’m confused as to whether you are talking about the o-ring on the center post or the one, more like a gasket, that sits at each end of the glass tank which the trace/cut instructions were for.

Thinking you mean the center post as you originally posted. The Davide comes with a drip tip that has two o-rings on it. I don’t use their drip tip and tossed them. Would one of those o-rings work on the post or an o-ring from another tip? If not, many good hardware stores carry a huge variety or o-rings. Just take the post in and find one that fits.

For the tank gaskets, Got Vapes includes two of them with the replacement glass which beats the heck out of trying to slice and dice silicone to fit.

Good luck on patching your baby up and getting to work properly again.

 

[amoret]

Yeah, it is the one on the center post, and I did check the ones from drip tips and coils, and everything else remotely in the same size range.

I live in the country outside of a tiny town, and half an hour down the road from a slightly bigger town that has a hardware store that carries great big o-rings. I pretty much order everything except milk and produce online, so I was kind of hoping that someone might know where I could find these.

What I'll probably end up doing is ordering a big assortment pack since I just had a major house fire and my sewing room is really a mess now.