Check Valve Ball

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Re: Check Valve Ball

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Greg_Lewis wrote: Mon May 16, 2022 11:03 am
Under the workbench, next to the blood stopping spray.
Superglue also works for stop blood leakage. Great for Wintertime split fingers! And other things as well! Carl B.
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Re: Check Valve Ball

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CONSIDERING it's primary use back in the1960's -> that is no surprise at all...
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Re: Check Valve Ball

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Good old Eastman Kodak and their US military project.
Just don't use alpha cyanoacrylates in your check valve...
But that tiny ball will never get lost again.
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I glue a ball to a brass rod and use it as a lap..
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Re: Check Valve Ball

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First Eastman 910, then other super glue brands and folded paper towels held on with electrical tape have saved me lots of blood over the years.

Never had much luck gluing a ball on for lapping but soft solder has worked ok.
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