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Re: Material: Solving the Bomar Mystery
By:Brian Nystrom
Date: 6/8/2014, 9:15 am
In Response To: Re: Material: Solving the Bomar Mystery (JohnAbercrombie)

I've found that holes as small as 1/32" work fine for venting and that's what I use. I found tiny carbide drill bits at an electronic surplus store for next to nothing.

As for the Bomars, I found that tightening the factory O-ring fit by putting layers of tape underneath them did the trick, too.

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Material: Solving the Bomar Mystery
Sean Dawe -- 6/7/2014, 8:32 pm
Re: Material: Solving the Bomar Mystery
JohnAbercrombie -- 6/7/2014, 9:53 pm
Re: Material: Solving the Bomar Mystery
Sean Dawe -- 6/7/2014, 10:05 pm
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Sean Dawe -- 6/7/2014, 10:13 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 6/8/2014, 9:15 am
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sean-dawe@hotmail.com -- 6/8/2014, 9:54 am
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sean-dawe@hotmail.com -- 6/8/2014, 9:59 am