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Title: Tube lines
Post by: whitetailfan on February 10, 2007, 08:58:57 AM

Not much of an accesory, but I've been thinking of putting lines on the inside of my puck tube, so I know:
1)How much time I have left worth of pucks
2)Verify that the pucks are dropping and moving

Today while I was advancing the first three, my pile stuck in the tube and were not dropping. A quick tap fixed the problem, but if that happened mid-smoke, I would not know, but with lines I could easily tell by the time, where the top of the pile ought to be.

I was thinking of white paint, but I wondered if a tire marker or glass marker would work here. It would be a bit cleaner to work with, but it might rub away after a few uses.

Any thoughts? An engraver would work as well, but not easy to see at quick glance....

Title: Re: Tube lines
Post by: Mr Walleye on February 10, 2007, 10:04:07 AM

Hey WTF

How about one of those white paint style makers. They usually have a small marble in them & require shaking. I know you can get them at most stationary stores.

Mike

Title: Re: Tube lines
Post by: nodak on February 10, 2007, 10:08:15 AM

Great Idea on the tube lines. I might try a temporary solution using colored elect. tape of I can get it to stick well enough with causing more jams.

Title: Re: Tube lines
Post by: Mr Walleye on February 10, 2007, 10:11:43 AM

Another idea would be to use automotive pin stripping.
We use this for marking legal size limits somewhere in the boat for fishing.

Mike

Title: Re: Tube lines
Post by: West Coast Kansan on February 10, 2007, 11:13:59 AM

Little number decals are available at hobby stores and come in lots of colors... they stick pretty good too.

Title: Re: Tube lines
Post by: acords on February 10, 2007, 11:51:22 AM

How about some white out

Title: Re: Tube lines
Post by: Gizmo on February 10, 2007, 09:11:09 PM

If you put the lines on the outside of the tube, you won't have to worry about the material haning up the pucks not that I think it would. The real question is what happened to cause your pucks to hang up in the first place? Did you happen to notice before the love tap?

Title: Re: Tube lines
Post by: Habanero Smoker on February 11, 2007, 02:12:19 AM

This has happened to me on a few occassions. Either it was do to me not loading the bisquettes correctly, one was on an angle and jammed. I had to unload all the bisquettes on top of the jammed one to fix it. Another time it was a "warp" bisquette.

Now I count the number of bisquettes showing when I check the BS, but sometime I forget the number. Your solution, of marking the tube sounds like a good idea.

Title: Re: Tube lines
Post by: Cajun on May 09, 2007, 12:13:05 PM

you can use some small reflective tape strips so when you use a flashlight at night it will show up good too :)

BRADLEY SMOKER | "Taste the Great Outdoors"

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