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From: nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle)
Subject: Re: Help! Need source for flexible gooseneck!
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Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 03:08:02 GMT
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evan@robix.com (Evan Rosen) writes:
>I have a project and am in desparate need of a light, thin, flexible 
>gooseneck.  I have one I pulled from a lamp but at about 15 
>mm. it is way too large.  Something around 5 mm. would be 
>ideal.  The only source I could find was a PC video camera 
>called FlexCam that looks really good but at $499 US it's a 
>little out of my price range.  Does anyone know of a good 
>source to get these?

     Do you want a semi-rigid hollow gooseneck to support something, or
a flexible shaft for power transmission?  You can get the latter from
Stock Drive Products.  For the former, I suggest you try stores that
sell cute desk lamps.  FlexLite of Kalamazoo, MI makes small flexible
lights as inspection lamps; you can buy the lamps through Jensen, and
FlexLite might sell you the raw stock.

					John Nagle
