> >> Hi George;
 > >>          Thanks for the pat in the back...........But it
 > >> deservedly belongs to Paul. I'm starting to get the
 > >> impression that a lot of subscribers are not aware that
 > >> this is Pauls' clever re-design of the actual original
 > >> Wiggins coupling, which is highly used in the Aerospace,
 > >> Aviation, Race car field etc. etc. ----------So why re-
 > >> invent the wheel all over again? you ask........Well the
 > >> key word here is RE-DESIGN, Pauls' ( affectionatelly
 > >> known as the "Lamar Coupling") is easier to install,
 > >> easier to assemble/disassemble (using a common ordinary
 > >> strap clamp) and BEST of all, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 1/6th
 > >> THE COST of the Wiggins, which makes it quite affordable
 > >> for us Experimenters/Builders.
 > >>
 > >> My role in this is no different than many of you, I've
 > >> critiqued the design, scrubbed it and re detailed it for
 > >> professional manufacturing purposes.
 > >> I became involved in the manufacturing due to my access
 > >> to a vast network of businesses I've given a lot of
 > >> lucrative contracts to..[they owe me :-)]
 > >> Do I make any money on this? NOPE on the contrary. I'm
 > >> just delighted that I'm able to help Pauls' quest and
 > >> his many skilled, gifted members. It's my way of paying
 > >> back only a very minute fraction of what I'm getting
 > >> from all of you...and I'll continue to do it with
 > >> anything else that requires this sort of boost.
 > >>
 > >> George, you are correct about the gap (.370" to be exact)
 > >> this is necessary to accommodate the expansion of the
 > >> 1.375 aluminum tubing (It telescopes in and out) and to
 > >> allow LIMITED axial motion.
 > >>
 > >> Any kind of face seal design like you explain will
 > >> definitely cause some longitudinal loading even if you
 > >> use a seal that's thick enough to accommodate the
 > >> stretch factor. (Seen it tried before).
 > >>
 > >> Did I leave anything out Paul?
 > >>
 > >>                                       Butch Diaz Sr.

 > >Yes. It is  a trivial redesign of the wiggins :-) Thanks to you Butch for
 > >fronting the money on this.
 > >
 > >Paul Lamar

  > Paul/Butch
 > Received and understood !
 > George (down under)

Hello,
I just receiver my Lamar Couplings today (AKA  "Wiggins") and they are
beautiful little gadgets.  My wife was making fun of me because I kept
getting them out and looking at them.  I just have one question.  That O-ring
were they designed to take?

Thanks,
Don Mitchell

I got a package of 100 of them right here. It says 70 EPR size 029.
I think these are Ethylene Propylene.

Paul Lamar
 
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