Continue to Site

Eng-Tips is the largest engineering community on the Internet

Intelligent Work Forums for Engineering Professionals

  • Congratulations cowski on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Recent content by NathanRidge

  1. NathanRidge

    Could someone explain which type of rubber has the most grippiness?

    "They were basically useless for transferring any serious amount of force, repeatedly." That's what I thought but my dad insisted it would work; I thought wrapping it like a bandage might need to be rewrapped every few weeks. Or, that the overlap of the strips would lead to the rubber wearing...
  2. NathanRidge

    Could someone explain which type of rubber has the most grippiness?

    @ PratsA Thank you for the reply, and I apologize for my delay in responding; most of my time had been taken up designing and redesigning a cup holder for my wheelchair. I looked up Plasti Dip and it intrigues me, although I have to wonder if I could easily coat both wheel rims in an even...
  3. NathanRidge

    Could someone explain which type of rubber has the most grippiness?

    I'm in the process of modifying my wheelchair. Currently, I'm deliberating on covering the aluminum handrim in a rubber of some sort, much like the nubby rubber on steering wheel covers. Because it doesn't look like I'll be able to find a steering wheel cover made entirely of the nubby rubber...

Part and Inventory Search