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Silicone-Covered Flexible Gooseneck Tubes Have Arrived!

Recently we added black silicone as a finish option on our popular 18" light-duty flexible gooseneck tube. By April 2022 we will offer many of our gooseneck tube designs with black and/or light grey silicone coverings.
18" Light-duty flexible gooseneck tube covered in black silicone
18" Light-duty flexible gooseneck tube with black silicone covering
Silicone is widely used in the healthcare industry because of it's ability to be cleaned and sanitized. As you know a flexible gooseneck tube without a covering has plenty of cracks and crevices for germs to hide! We also have customers who need to use their flexible goosenecks in wet or damp environments.  While the gooseneck itself can rust if exposed to moisture, our new silicone covering will help to protect it. The silicone extends from end to end and can be sealed with a silicone caulk if you need it really watertight.
Since the silicone covers the end adapter slot cuts (flat spots for holding with a wrench) and set screw hole you will need to "roll back" the silicone for access. It's easy to do using your two thumbs like this:
Use your thumbs to roll back the silicone covering and expose the end adapters
Roll back the silicone with your thumbs to expose the slot cuts and set screw hole
While some customers will still prefer the beautiful look of our chrome-plated flexible gooseneck tubes we have found that a raw (bare metal - no plating, painting, etc) gooseneck provides the best bending and "stay put" performance (our silicone-covered goosenecks are raw). This is because a gooseneck holds it's position due to the friction between the inner spring wire and outer wire. Unless the painting or plating process is done to exacting standards, painting or plating can interfere with this friction and result in "rebound" (the gooseneck can bounce back from the set position) or cracking and popping noises.
Silicone-covered gooseneck tubes will allow us to provide you with consistently top quality products that will perform well and last for many years.

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Recently we added black silicone as a finish option on our popular 18" light-duty flexible gooseneck tube. By April 2022 we will offer many of our gooseneck tube designs with black and/or light grey silicone coverings.
18" Light-duty flexible gooseneck tube covered in black silicone
18" Light-duty flexible gooseneck tube with black silicone covering
Silicone is widely used in the healthcare industry because of it's ability to be cleaned and sanitized. As you know a flexible gooseneck tube without a covering has plenty of cracks and crevices for germs to hide! We also have customers who need to use their flexible goosenecks in wet or damp environments.  While the gooseneck itself can rust if exposed to moisture, our new silicone covering will help to protect it. The silicone extends from end to end and can be sealed with a silicone caulk if you need it really watertight.
Since the silicone covers the end adapter slot cuts (flat spots for holding with a wrench) and set screw hole you will need to "roll back" the silicone for access. It's easy to do using your two thumbs like this:
Use your thumbs to roll back the silicone covering and expose the end adapters
Roll back the silicone with your thumbs to expose the slot cuts and set screw hole
While some customers will still prefer the beautiful look of our chrome-plated flexible gooseneck tubes we have found that a raw (bare metal - no plating, painting, etc) gooseneck provides the best bending and "stay put" performance (our silicone-covered goosenecks are raw). This is because a gooseneck holds it's position due to the friction between the inner spring wire and outer wire. Unless the painting or plating process is done to exacting standards, painting or plating can interfere with this friction and result in "rebound" (the gooseneck can bounce back from the set position) or cracking and popping noises.
Silicone-covered gooseneck tubes will allow us to provide you with consistently top quality products that will perform well and last for many years.

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Flexible Gooseneck Arm Used to Position Vacuum Hose Dust Collector In Workshop

A customer recently sent us pictures showing how he is using a SnakeClamp flexible gooseneck arm with a 3 Finger Clamp to mount a vacuum hose - dust collector in his workshop:

SnakeClamp flexible gooseneck arm and 3-finger clamp supporting dust collector vacuum in a workshop

"Black walnut wood dust is extremely toxic to woodworkers' lungs. Since I would be producing very fine dust doing the finish carving with a rotary tool, I wanted an additional vacuum source as close as possible to the carving bit on the log in the photo. As you can see, I already have a general dust collector. But I also wanted something I could easily position and re-position depending on exactly where I was using the rotary carving tool (not pictured). The SnakeClamp products provided the means to build one."

 

In this setup the customer utilized our steel Plate Mount for attaching his flexible gooseneck to a piece of wood.  Then a 90 Degree Angle Adapter is used to "hang" the 3 Finger Clamp and suspend the vacuum hose below.

Here is a close up look at how the versatile 3 Finger Clamp is attached to the vacuum hose:

Versatile 3 Finger Clamp shown supporting a vacuum hose with a flexible gooseneck tube arm

The 90 Degree Angle Adapter usually connects a flexible gooseneck arm with our Rigid Arm, but in this case the customer chose to attach it directly to the 3 Finger Clamp.  This required our 2" long Coupling to do that because both the 90 Degree Angle Adapter and 3 Finger Clamp have male threads.

Here is another look at the vacuum system which utilizes our 18" Super Duty flexible gooseneck arm:

Flexible arm vacuum system for dust collection in a wood shop

Thank you to SL for sending us these pictures!  If you have a unique application for mounting and positioning things on a flexible gooseneck arm please send them to us so that we may share them with the world.

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A customer recently sent us pictures showing how he is using a SnakeClamp flexible gooseneck arm with a 3 Finger Clamp to mount a vacuum hose - dust collector in his workshop:

SnakeClamp flexible gooseneck arm and 3-finger clamp supporting dust collector vacuum in a workshop

"Black walnut wood dust is extremely toxic to woodworkers' lungs. Since I would be producing very fine dust doing the finish carving with a rotary tool, I wanted an additional vacuum source as close as possible to the carving bit on the log in the photo. As you can see, I already have a general dust collector. But I also wanted something I could easily position and re-position depending on exactly where I was using the rotary carving tool (not pictured). The SnakeClamp products provided the means to build one."

 

In this setup the customer utilized our steel Plate Mount for attaching his flexible gooseneck to a piece of wood.  Then a 90 Degree Angle Adapter is used to "hang" the 3 Finger Clamp and suspend the vacuum hose below.

Here is a close up look at how the versatile 3 Finger Clamp is attached to the vacuum hose:

Versatile 3 Finger Clamp shown supporting a vacuum hose with a flexible gooseneck tube arm

The 90 Degree Angle Adapter usually connects a flexible gooseneck arm with our Rigid Arm, but in this case the customer chose to attach it directly to the 3 Finger Clamp.  This required our 2" long Coupling to do that because both the 90 Degree Angle Adapter and 3 Finger Clamp have male threads.

Here is another look at the vacuum system which utilizes our 18" Super Duty flexible gooseneck arm:

Flexible arm vacuum system for dust collection in a wood shop

Thank you to SL for sending us these pictures!  If you have a unique application for mounting and positioning things on a flexible gooseneck arm please send them to us so that we may share them with the world.

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Custom Flexible Gooseneck Tubes with Colorful Finishes

In addition to our standard “in stock” flexible gooseneck tube designs, we also manufacture many custom goosenecks for our customers. Our gooseneck tubes can be made to your specifications – with many options for length, strength, flexibility, inside diameter, outside diameter, end adapters and coatings/coverings. Please contact us for a quote.

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In addition to our standard “in stock” flexible gooseneck tube designs, we also manufacture many custom goosenecks for our customers. Our gooseneck tubes can be made to your specifications – with many options for length, strength, flexibility, inside diameter, outside diameter, end adapters and coatings/coverings. Please contact us for a quote.

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