Make a Custom Adhesive Injection Syringe

I occasionally need to inject glue in hard-to-reach places. My solution is a disposable syringe with a flexible extension. The syringe is a standard 10 ml plastic syringe, and the extension is quarter-inch OD 0.032-inch wall O temper 3003 versatube. The soft aluminum crimps perfectly over the end of the syringe—no leaks, no matter how hard I push on the plunger (which is pretty hard when I am trying to force thick structural adhesive through a long extension). The crimper is an Eightwood Coax cable crimper model 336G. The crimper and syringes are both available on Amazon. It is a nice quality tool and is what you will use to crimp coax fittings for antennas as well. No reason other size syringes/tubing could not be used for different applications—you could even put AN fittings on the end of the extension tube for bleeding brake lines, etc.

Eric Stewart
Eric Stewart
Eric Stewart is designing and building the SR-1, a speed plane for setting records in the FAI c-1a/0 category. Read more at facebook.com/TheSR1Project.

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