:Scott Dorsey wrote:
:>> Scott Dorsey wrote:
:>>>> I ant to mount a tube mic pre PCB on some anti vibrations grommets to
:>>>> reduce microphony. Anyone know of a UK source of these?
:>>> There are a bunch of possibilities depending on the mass of the board.
:>>> The easy one is to take rubber grommets of the sort that appliances use
:>>> for power cables, and just run a bolt through them. Those should be
:>>> available from a local hardware store.
:>> Yes, that had occured to me but the trouble is the bolt is not really
:>> tightened and may come loose in use or more likely during shipping - and
:>> you know of my recent shipping experience.
:>
:> Right, you slip a piece of tubing over the bolt, then tighten the bolt down
:> over the tubing.
:>
:
:Hmmm, that might work really well. Just make the tubing slightly shorter
:than the thickness of the grommet so it gets compressed slightly. Now I
:just need a source of tubing.
:
:Cheers
:
:Ian
A good source of brass tubing is your local model car/aeroplane hobby shop. For
example
http://www.oakridgehobbies.com/inde...tubing-strip-stock-sheets-rods-brass-aluminum
You can also get decent nut-locking adhesive from the same source to prevent
nuts coming off.