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[bigbuilder]

I just put my new idea to the test on my new coaster

and it works awsome. The trick is what to do after you run out of those purple tubing

conectors. I have tried tape but it doesent hold well. The trick is to get nails roughly

the same diamiter of those tube connectors. Then take a saw cut off both the point

and the flat part. This part i used a drill to spin the nail will i used a file to smothen the

sharp edges. You are left with a small piece that looks and works exactly like the tube

connectors.(except colors but if it means a lot to you just paint them)

[Westside7th]

That is a good idea. I should try that sometime.

Another way to avoid that problem is to not cut the tubing!

But sometimes that

isn't avoidable. I heard that you could use toothpicks but those didn't work

for me.

[bigbuilder]

not cut the tubing is that possible with the ss car?

How can it be done.

[nitro9003]

They sell ss track tubing and tuding connectors at

k'nex.com. I bought 10 and got them in the mail today. Here's a photo of

them.

[Westside7th]

You can not cut the tubing and still have extra vy

making sure that where the two end meet is on the lift. Then, the extra tubing is just

hooked around to the inside of the the track (not tubing but track as a whole) and tape

it to the track for as long as you have extra. Make sure the extra tubing is taped in the

right postition so that the train will not touch the extra tubing as it passes by while

going up the lift.

[live4bb21]

wouldnt a toothpick work just as well?

[Westside7th]

I tried tooth picks and you need several of them to fit

in the tube and they break easily when trying to put the two cars together. I

don't recomend them. Just get s peice of paper and roll it up nice and tight until

it is the right size.

[nitro9003]

Maybe this sounds dumb, but what about crazy gluing

tubing back together?

[SSCoasters]

or you can just send in your cut tubing to knex and

they will send you new tubing back. For free

[nitro9003]

Does k'nex like recycle it or something?

[Westside7th]

Originally posted by SSCoasters@Dec 8 2003, 08:13

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or you can just send in your

cut tubing to knex and they will send you new tubing back. For free

For real? They will do that? Why?

It seems like a dumb business move since they sell it on their site.

[SSCoasters]

It's not really dumb, because they just take the

cut tubing that you sent them and melt it down and reuse it.

[Physix]

Originally posted by Westside7th@Nov 24 2003, 11:10

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I heard that you could use

toothpicks but those didn't work for me.

The trick is to get 2 toothpicks and put

them together. Then it works Great!

[Westside7th]

I tried 2 and even 3. They either slip out or break

when trying to get the tubes connected.

[nitro9003]

What if you taped the tubing after putting in the

toothpicks?

[Physix]

Originally posted by Westside7th@Dec 12 2003, 01:58

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I tried 2 and even 3.

They either slip out or break when trying to get the tubes connected.

Really? I guess it doesn't work

for some coasters.

[FunkMaestro]

I havent really got my first set, and all this cutting is

troubling me!! How are you supposed to get to peaces of plastic together

again without melting or gluing, and how will the train run afterwards? What does this

connector thing do? AND TOOTHPICKS??!?

[ssfan313]

Yea its just the little purple peice, its meant to be put

back together. The Screamin Serpent comes with little things to stick in there but it

only comes with so many so alot of people loose them.

[FunkMaestro]

Ah.. but i still dont get how you stick to pieces of

plastic together, allowing a train running smoothly over it... i dont quite know how to

explain it..

[riordan]

The tubing it hollow, and the connector is a small rod

that you stick into the hollow part. You then leave about half of it sticking out, and you

attach the tube to the other side of the rod (the part that is sticking out). Hope that

helps