Dr Phibes wrote:Yes 43rd, I thought you mentioned the all-night shows too a while back, it's nice to know there's still a few of us about that remember fondly those marathon horror-fests
I had in mind something like the UJ you suggest and it should be fairly straight forward to design for 3D printing. I was thinking maybe use a simple brass bushing running in a rubber o-ring with a little grease as it won't be spinning just turning fairly slowly and it won't matter too much either even if if it leaks (smoke) a little.
(funny you should mention the Sherlock pipe thing - I went through a very similar stage when I was a bit younger - and I was a big fan of of Conan Doyle's canon - read all 56 short stories and the four novels as well. Still love Jeremy Brett's interpretation most and to this day!)
The bushing and 'o' ring combo is roughly what I envisaged too. Incidentally, I'm in total agreement with Jeremy Brett's ultra-nuanced, and highly watchable performance as the great sleuth. I watched every episode, utterly immersed in that version of Baker Street life. I understand that Jeremy's own immersion in the role was so great, that it triggered a breakdown, at one point. I'm also still in awe of Basil Rathbone as Holmes
