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Subject: re: grommet cutting . . .
From: Robert L. Nuckolls III <nuckolls@aeroelectric.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 16:21:27
>>Do you mean the cut is radial making a slit from the outside edge of the
>>grommet to the hole in the grommet on a line thru the center of the hole or
>>do you really mean tangent to the hole  which would cut a notch out of the
>>grommet.
>
    Not radially . . . the bundle or tube being protected can wedge itself
    into the cut and spread the grommet material. Pressure against the
    tangental cut tends to close the slice . . . not open it.
>
> Sorry to question, but describing this in words is difficult and
> I want to get this right.
>
  No problem. I've put a sketch up on our website describing the
  technique at:

   <http://www.aeroelectric.com/grommet.pdf>


      Bob . . .
      AeroElectric Connection

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