Bro's,
I found the drawings I created for the official Shiney Nipples from about ten years ago. I can't remember which Bro it was, but I sent him the drawings, and he had a batch made and sold them to the Bro's here. At the time, there was a #4-40 size and #2-56 size. The #4-40 worked the best.
I've seen some interest here on the site.... so I found the drawings I had, and have contacted a couple of machine shops about getting a couple hundred made for sale the Brotherhood. I don't know what the pricing would be yet. Won't know that until I get some quotes back.
Is there any interest? In order to make it worth while, I'd have to buy at least 200 in order to get the pricing into the affordable range. Which means I'd have to sell about 180 of them.
When I get a chance, I'll post a photo or two. For the newer Bro's who don't know, Shiney Nipples are steel fittings that are glued onto carbon rods to make awesome pushrods for elevator, rudder, and even ailerons. They original design I had would accomodate .187 diameter carbon rods, and had #4-40 threads for clevises.
I found the drawings I created for the official Shiney Nipples from about ten years ago. I can't remember which Bro it was, but I sent him the drawings, and he had a batch made and sold them to the Bro's here. At the time, there was a #4-40 size and #2-56 size. The #4-40 worked the best.
I've seen some interest here on the site.... so I found the drawings I had, and have contacted a couple of machine shops about getting a couple hundred made for sale the Brotherhood. I don't know what the pricing would be yet. Won't know that until I get some quotes back.
Is there any interest? In order to make it worth while, I'd have to buy at least 200 in order to get the pricing into the affordable range. Which means I'd have to sell about 180 of them.
When I get a chance, I'll post a photo or two. For the newer Bro's who don't know, Shiney Nipples are steel fittings that are glued onto carbon rods to make awesome pushrods for elevator, rudder, and even ailerons. They original design I had would accomodate .187 diameter carbon rods, and had #4-40 threads for clevises.