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Rubber bands - DanH - 06-15-2018
Many people have told me they use orthodontic rubber bands for the blade deployment. When I went searching for these rubber bands I was surprised to see there’s was such a big selection. multiple diameters and each diameter has multiple strengths . What size/strength should I buy ?
RE: Rubber bands - Josh Finn - 07-03-2018
(06-15-2018, 11:26 AM)DanH Wrote: Many people have told me they use orthodontic rubber bands for the blade deployment. When I went searching for these rubber bands I was surprised to see there’s was such a big selection. multiple diameters and each diameter has multiple strengths . What size/strength should I buy ?
Since I fly free flight, I use Tan Supersport rubber for anything that needs deployment. Works great and I can set the band size to anything I want. Even better, if you can justify the expense of a rubber stripper, you can literally choose any size rubber band you want down to thousandths of an inch thickness.