with the pin in, the shutter should open AND close. Squeeze harder. Make sure the pin is in right. It's good if the pin is a nice close fit in the hole. Finish nails come in different sizes and one of the middle sizes is right around perfect. I file the point sort of round, and even sometimes nake a blob of JB weld as sort of a knob. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Zentena" <zentena@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 9:25 AM Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Packard shutters? > > > Okay I'm back. I picked up some hose and a solder bulb. With a piece of wire > in the hole I can squeeze the bulb and it opens. With no wire in I squeeze > and it opens. In neither case does it close. Does this mean the hole I made > in the bulb is too small? > > FWIW I ended up with 7/32" ID hose. Close but maybe a touch bigger then the > what was on. 7/32 slips on easily while the original hose was a tight fit. > > Nick > ============================================================================ ================================= > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. > ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.