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Replacement rubber for bails
What have you found to replace the rubber pieces on the bails of your weapons (specifically epee) and reel cords. Just for definition the bail (sometimes spelled bale) is the metal bits that hold the body cord plugs/connectors to the reel or weapon plug/connector. The Preiuer epee connects have a plastic "dohickey" (that's generic) that does the same thing. But most manufacturers who follow Uhlmann or Leon Paul use a metal bail.
Anyway given the lack of standards in sizes for body cord plug/connector, mine and my club's reels have gotten chewed up (actually disintegrated) and I'm looking for a substitute. Only under duress will I consider buying the whole thing from a supplier. USD $2.00 for 2cents worth of rubber bothers me.
Try rubber tubing from your local hardware store? I'm sure that might have something that would suit some of the connections.
I have used hardware store tubing. But plastic tubing rather than rubber. With a well equipped store, you can get sizes which will nest inside each other. The combined outside diameter is about the same half inch as the original and the inside diameter isn't too loose on the wire.
It works reasonably well.
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Location: the Salle(I no longer have a home address)
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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen
LOL
Am I the only one who read the thread title as "Replacement rubber for balls"..?
It's January, The dark time in Sweden and we can see what Zilverzmurfen's thoughts turn to.
Were those any specific balls or ....
I suppose the rains we're having are bearable by comparison.
Have no congress with any instrumentality of the dark.
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