http://feeds.feedburner.com/CuriousInventor_Blog tips and news - make your own technology en-us Tan Tran came up with a cheap substitute for aluminum standoffs: nylon tubing. Polyethylene does a decent job too, and can be had for under $.10 a foot at your local hardware store. The 1/4&amp;quot; OD (outside diameter) stuff shown in these pics accommodates up to #8 size screws.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CuriousInventor_Blog/~4/3J_auJV3ybw" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:34:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CuriousInventor_Blog/~3/3J_auJV3ybw/ http://www.CuriousInventor.com/blog/83 http://www.CuriousInventor.com