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1st Mar 2020, 9:59 am
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Octode
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Ilkeston, Derbyshire, UK.
Posts: 1,340
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Useful O-rings at Wilko
Wilko sell packs of assorted O-rings for £1.35 - you get a good selection of diameters and thicknesses. I used one to replace the perished rubber tyre on a Philips reel-to-reel tape recorder.
A bargain!  Steve |
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1st Mar 2020, 10:08 am
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Heptode
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Todmorden, West Yorkshire, UK.
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Re: Useful O-rings at Wilko
Handy! Thanks Steve.
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1st Mar 2020, 1:40 pm
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Dekatron
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, UK.
Posts: 5,411
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Re: Useful O-rings at Wilko
I have found that you need to buy the other pack with larger diameter ones in it for bath and basin plugs if one of them snaps.
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1st Mar 2020, 2:57 pm
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Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Oxford, UK
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Re: Useful O-rings at Wilko
Ebay sellers have them too. They make good tyres for idler wheels. You'd expect them to wear rapidly, but this doesn't seem to be the case, and they grip well.
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1st Mar 2020, 3:35 pm
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Nonode
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: West Midlands, UK.
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Re: Useful O-rings at Wilko
I'd held held back on replying, but it's worth checking out both Aldi & Lidl as often they have cheap ( less than £2) boxes of items like this . Last offering I got a box of O rings ( fits my ailing pressure washer joints ) and a box of heatshrink which comes in very useful.
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1st Mar 2020, 4:04 pm
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Dekatron
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, UK.
Posts: 5,411
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Re: Useful O-rings at Wilko
The flea market at Chesterfield has much larger boxes of "O" rings for about a tenner.
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1st Mar 2020, 5:26 pm
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Dekatron
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Biggin Hill, London, UK.
Posts: 4,500
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Re: Useful O-rings at Wilko
Machine Mart (if there's one near you) do several boxes of O-rings and also assortments of E-clips, circlips, springs, etc. I find them very useful to keep in the workshop...
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3rd Mar 2020, 12:41 am
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Octode
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Knutsford, Cheshire, UK.
Posts: 1,071
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Re: Useful O-rings at Wilko
Very handy if you just want a few...
How many of us buy way too much of everything? I do.
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...where on earth did that spring/screw go?? |
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3rd Mar 2020, 7:49 am
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Dekatron
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Oxford, UK.
Posts: 16,265
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Re: Useful O-rings at Wilko
Screwfix do a nice big selection box: https://www.screwfix.com/p/hilka-pro...E&gclsrc=aw.ds
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3rd Mar 2020, 10:09 am
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Dekatron
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, UK.
Posts: 5,411
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Re: Useful O-rings at Wilko
My big box from the market looks like that Screwfix one but in blue as opposed to red.
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4th Mar 2020, 2:59 pm
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Dekatron
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Seaford, East Sussex, UK.
Posts: 5,536
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Re: Useful O-rings at Wilko
And I have one in yellow!
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4th Mar 2020, 3:00 pm
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Dekatron
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, UK.
Posts: 5,411
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Re: Useful O-rings at Wilko
pink purple and green to go
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4th Mar 2020, 5:18 pm
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Hexode
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK.
Posts: 489
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Re: Useful O-rings at Wilko
Just be careful if you use them with fuels and oils, I don't think they are nitrile.
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Concerned regarding the plethora of electrons migrating to the circuit  Andrew M0IIQ |
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5th Mar 2020, 12:44 pm
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Octode
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Wimbledon, London, UK.
Posts: 1,418
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Re: Useful O-rings at Wilko
I had a look in my nearest Wilko in Wimbledon yesterday and there were none left. Surely there aren't that many Forum members living in the area of Wimbledon who have purchased the entire stock? If there are that many of us, perhaps we ought to arrange to meet up regularly in one of the excellent local pubs!
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5th Mar 2020, 4:14 pm
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Dekatron
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, UK.
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Re: Useful O-rings at Wilko
They are £6 today in Chesterfield.
Red boxes this time. |
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5th Mar 2020, 4:48 pm
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Dekatron
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, UK.
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Re: Useful O-rings at Wilko
You can see the price tag here in post#6.
https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...41#post1222841 |
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