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    NICE! looks pretty
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    HOw ya likeing that centri alie



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    Have not had a chance to use it yet - trying different tubes with it as the ones I own are all about 6mm too short. Good Luck/Filip Leu tubes are shorter than most (by at least 5-6mm) so I now have at least 3 machines that are sitting around until I can find some long disposables.

    I'm sure it's very money-saving for companies to shave off half a centimeter from their product considering the average tube is 11cm long and the ones I have are 10.4-10.5cm long. Make about 20 short tubes and it's like having another one magically appear for free. That little bit of material can mean the difference between a vice grip grabbing a tube, or just barely catching/not grabbing the top/end of a tube tail.

    I haven't tested all of my machines, but at the moment, my centri, AZA (Leroy Samchuck), and a short frame frankenmachine (not pictured on the rack) either need tubes with longer tails, or shorter needlebars. Kind of a bummer, but I'm sure something will work. I have some Griffin disposables on the way - I understand they are a little longer than most disposables, so they may work.
    Not too bad for a GIRL, eh?

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    you have to love Ikea... they make some cool racks and storage stuff.. and you call me a machine whore..well cheese and crackers!!
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    If I get a situation where the needlebar is too long I use my handy needlenose pliers to make a triangle kink in the bar just down from the eyelet above the rubberband. Effectively shortens it up like so:
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    __-------------/\o

    Might even add a tiny bit of dampening
    I had a bunch of spare XL needlebars so I tried all kinds of things with them, had some that had a tiny wave instead of straight that worked fine had a nice soft hit helped soften my B&G when I didn't yet have the understanding to tune my machines proper lol
    Looked like this:
    __~~~~~~~~~o

    Sorry guys for the stick figure pictographs but I can't find how to post pics from my IPhone yet(its a friggin new 4GS)even with tapatalk, I can't even figure out how to start a new thread @$&#%!!!
    I need a new computer...
    Anyways what do you guys think is the ideal tube and needlebar length and nipple-to-tubevise distance?
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    When you post there is an open advanced options above the keyboard. Looks like this


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    Ahhhhh.... I'm rotarded.

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    Sorry that was a test, and it was successful
    A tree spirit from Princess Mononoke I did last week on my buddy btw

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    Now that you mention it I have had to lengthen a lot of my tubes to fit the centri too. hmmm.
    Why don't you just open your set screw and lengthen your back tube within the grip?

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