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Bricoletta drip tray stand rattle fix

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Link to "Bricoletta drip tray stand rattle fix"by miKe mcKoffee on Tue Jun 13, 2006 5:29 pm

My Bric' (rotary) has had any annoying vibration rattle during pulls caused by the drip tray stand. Been meaning to do something about it for months and finally did. :idea: Picked up 2' of 1/4" OD vinyl tubing from Lowe's for a whopping $0.12 per foot. Cut lengths slightly longer the stand width, slit the tubing length wise, slipped it on the bottom both sides and trimmed leaving about 1/8" extra tubing length all ends. Twenty-four cent fix works great! :!:

Now why it took me 7 months... :roll:
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Link to "Bricoletta drip tray stand rattle fix"by HB on Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:57 pm

I hadn't heard reports of rattles, but good to know. Would you post a picture? (OK, it's a thinly veiled ploy to show off the site's new image upload ;-)).
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Link to "Bricoletta drip tray stand rattle fix"by miKe mcKoffee on Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:33 pm

It may likely only be a problem with the large capacity non-drained tray I'm using. I just checked (the not installed) drained tray and stand, the stand fits snug. The stand fit loosely in the non-drained tray. I'll play with your new pic capabilities later! :wink:
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Link to "Bricoletta drip tray stand rattle fix"by miKe mcKoffee on Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:15 pm

Of course it just dawned on me probably could have saved the twenty-four cents and simply spread the stand alittle wider at the bottom to fit snugly in the tray!!!! Duh.... :oops:
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