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    Heat-shrink tubing as catheters

    Don't shudder, old-timers; this is not your cardiologist speaking.
    Or your urologist either.

    [After writing this, I realized that common plastic drinking straws will do the same job I've described in the following. Find a cocktail-stirrer for splicing ultra-thin hollow line.]

    BUT
    Most of us with problems opening and passing line in making up a few splices already know to look for the right size knitting needle. Real fids are lovely, and fit the hand well, but they're a luxury if only used rarely. It is one thing to politely ask to borrow a knitting needle (and return it with it with profuse thanks), quite another to cut it open to reach its hollow center, as has been previously pointed out. After picking up a cheap assortment of heat-shrink tubing to dress loose ends of rope, I found that this thin-wall tubing has a second use.
    • It passes easily through hollow line, especially that which has been prepared first with a knitting needle.
    • And it holds strands within it very nicely, reducing the need to have skilled fingers and great patience.

    So,
    • just load the heat shrink tubing of an appropriate length, pass it through the prepared opening in your hollow rope,
    • pinching the tubing to hold that strand in place, if necessary.

    • Milk it through -- very easy if you have first piled up the rope on a knitting needle, withdraw at the desired place, and
    • remove the strand.

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    Great idea, I hadn't thought of that.


    I also find that a carpetting/upholstery needle, with a large eye, works well for 7/64 amsteel, of course YMMV.
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    whew! as a nurse I am glad this thread wasn't what I thought it was
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mancat View Post
    whew! as a nurse I am glad this thread wasn't what I thought it was
    I initially had the same thought you did.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mancat View Post
    whew! as a nurse I am glad this thread wasn't what I thought it was
    As a perfusionist, I'm really glad he didn't say cannulae!

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