Surgical tube?

[Michael Lester]

Digging through an little used box of junk I found my old LENO capo. I'm pretty sure I sidelined it because the rubber tube wore out.

Does anyone have a piece of surgical tube (it looks like 1/4" ID to me) that I could buy?

Closest source I can think of around here would require an 80 mile roundtrip. Of course Amazon has it - but 10' of it seems excessive.

[David Becker]

Surprisingly, Home Depot and Lowe's carry Tygon (PVC) clear tubing in a variety of sizes. If they represent your 80 mile rt, I can look to see if I have some. What length do you need?

[Raybob Bowman]

DIY hardware has that.

[Marc Muller]

I ordered mine on Amazon and got to me in 2 days for $10.

[Michael Lester]

Thanks for the responses so far...

I believe the stuff is surgical tubing - I think it's the same tube used in slingshots. It's very soft and stretchy and was on this capo when I bought it years ago. I've seen it kind of brown colored as well as off-white.

All of the stores mentioned so far are 40-45 miles away - one way.

I only need a piece long enough to cover the bar shown in the photo = probably 4" at most.

Amazon does have it, but I wouldn't have much use for 10' of it.

[Lloyd Graves]

I don't have any, but I wonder if theratube or exercise tubing might work. Is there a PT office nearby?

[David Ball]

You can get silicone tubing off of Amazon or lots of other places in many diameters. It seems to hold up better than the rubber surgical tubing.

Dave

[Jerry Overstreet]

I've use that hdwe. store clear plastic tubing, but boy, it's a PIA to install.

Just hang on a little bit, I remember seeing someone posting that they have some extra to pass on.

[David Becker]

PM sent.

[Lee Baucum]

Here is a very old discussion about tubing for guitar stands, and possible harm to guitar finishes:

viewtopic.php?p=1959095&sid=a31866f8a6d ... 00dee81283

~Lee

[Michael Lester]

This is true on my Mother's grave...

Last night before playing a gig I was walking toward the bandstand and spotted this piece of soft tubing on the floor. There were five other musicians tuning up and fooling with amps, etc.

I held up the piece of tubing and asked "...did any of you drop this little piece of tube?"

No one.

I'm getting a little chill just thinking about it...

[David Becker]

Well Played!

[Jerry Overstreet]

I told ya'...hang on for a bit!