On Sat, 25 Jan 2003 12:43:44 -0000, "Ivor Cave"
wrote:

Why not skip all those steps and just drill the damn hole smaller
than the tubing, then cut the tubing at an angle and pull it though
the hole? I have done this many times and it works like a champ. You
all must be engineers or rocket scientists the way you like to make
things much harder than they need to be.

Hi,

As a lurker here for a while I have picked up a lot of usefull info.
Like a lot of people I had a problem sealing the airline tube into the cap
of a coke bottle.
It worked for three days then stopped when the silicone dried.
I would like to share how I got around this..

1) Drill a hole in the bottle cap just larger than the airline.
2)Cut a square of rubber from an old cycle innertube about 2 inch square.
3)Fold the square over once top to bottom once left to right.
4)Cut a very small amount off the corner. When unfolded there should be a
small hole in the center.
The best hole size I found was about a quarter of the airline diameter.
5)Super glue this to the cap with the small hole inline with the hole in the
centre of the hole in the cap.
Make sure the glue make a continuous ring around the cap about 1/8"
wide.
6)Cut end of airline at 45 degrees with sharp knife and push through the
hole in the rubber.

This works for me and might for others who are have problems using silicone.

Ivor Cave