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Title: Plastic tubing to put on hooks.
Post by: Jeffish on January 05, 2011, 05:36:12 PM

Does anyone know where I can get the tubing that goes on the hook after building a plug? Not the colored tubing like on the AVA's, but the small tubing that makes it so you don't poke yourself.

Title: Re: Plastic tubing to put on hooks.
Post by: Bucktail on January 05, 2011, 05:58:24 PM

Electrical supply store.

Title: Re: Plastic tubing to put on hooks.
Post by: Kenny on January 05, 2011, 06:45:44 PM

As Bob mentioned Jeff,

Just buy some romex from Home depot...14/2 or 12/2 size or bigger depending on your hook size...strip off 6 inches at a time, place on the hook just past the barb and snip off the excess....

I do that on my hooks before I even start trying rigs so I don't stick myself...Plus it protects the hook point.

works great.......

Title: Re: Plastic tubing to put on hooks.
Post by: IrishAyes on January 05, 2011, 06:55:00 PM

Better yet, stop by a construction site where they are doing demolition. You can probably talk the forman into selling you a length of old wiring that is coming out at a reasonable price. Kinda expensive to buy new these days.  t^

Title: Re: Plastic tubing to put on hooks.
Post by: SurfJockey on January 05, 2011, 09:48:52 PM

Jeff.  I will say it yet again.  MCMASTER CARR!!!  It's so close to you too.
http://www.mcmaster.com/?m=true#tubing/=agrj13

Title: Re: Plastic tubing to put on hooks.
Post by: ChrisL on January 06, 2011, 04:55:17 PM

I use either vinyl aquarium tubing or window screen spline.  The tubing works well on larger hooks and spline works on smaller hooks. 

Title: Re: Plastic tubing to put on hooks.
Post by: Tossinplugs on January 19, 2011, 10:36:05 AM

I use as ChrisL stated screen spline and its cheap at the depot

Title: Re: Plastic tubing to put on hooks.
Post by: Hunter 2 on January 19, 2011, 05:54:46 PM

Jeff,, Im an electrician, Currentely the price of copper wire is very very high. I would use other cheaper options as stated above. Your dad might be able to secure you some wire insulation laying around a jobsight. These days even small scrap pieces of wire are collected to be sold to the scrap metal guy. The screen tubing may be cheapest.