 Hey guys, it's Kevin. This is the second part of our series making your own CS. Today, we're going to talk about tubes and the connections. For all the backstop, you should have a tube that says 14. And this is a four-strand. So let's say I call it 14-4. So four means you have four strands. This is pretty standard. If you just use a dye ink, a pigment ink, do some desktop burning. And also, if you do a sublimation, you're probably going to use size 14. Size 18 is a little bit larger, and it's mostly used for solvent, DTG, burners. You will buy the tank that will already come with size 14 tubes. We also sell size 14 and with a six-strand. So it's 14-4. And then you have 14-8. That means I have a eight-strand. And the difference between the two other than the hominid eight-strand is the 14-8 is also solvent tolerant. It's a little bit yellower than the six. However, it's only tolerant. It's not proof. So if you have a hard solvent, it's not going to work. So the difference is 14-size-6 is going to melt if you have a solvent. For the eight, it's not going to melt, but it's going to sweat. It's going to sweat that ink was still coming out. If you have a DTG printer, you'll need to use a larger tube. Most people buy the 14-8 because you can tear it to two-four-strand. So you can pretty much double your order. And then for the DTG folks, for the true tolerant, you'll need to use this larger 18-size. Let me compare to a regular 14-size. You can see it's a lot larger. And this one is much clearer. And it's more stiffer than the 14. It's harder to bend. And then we have a single strand, which is a little bit larger. But it's not larger. It's just more expandable than the regular 18. This is a single strand. All the 14 tubes are designed to fit into those elbows. We have a three-kind elbow. This is a regular elbow. This is just like a regular elbow, just longer. And then there's a longer one with a steel head. The longer elbow is used when you want to deliver ink right on the bottom of the cartridge rather than on the top. Let's fit the elbow to a size 14 tube. So all the elbows has one side that supposed to go to the inner tube is smaller. Then there's the other side goes to a washer. And this washer going to put in a whole drill by the 3 millimeter drill. You can see it's kind of hard to pull them. So what you'll do is just kind of squeeze a little bit. And then I usually get a plier with this girl. So one is on half way. I hold it this way and squeeze a little bit. For the size 18 tube, although it's not designed for the regular elbow, however, it's still going to fit. OK. The beauty about this guy is you can fit it in this way or you can fit in this way. If your tube is a little bit short, you want to extend it. You have those extender. So basically, you just put one tube here and then you extend it. They'll come in pairs. So you get an extender on both sides to extend the tube. And then we're going to talk about the drills. And normally, there are three kinds of drills. One is a 3 millimeter or large drill. One is 2 millimeter. We call it a medium drill. And then there's a small drill, 1 millimeter small drill. There's no plug for it. So I usually work with a 3 millimeter drill. So after you drill it, you can put a sleeve on it. The way to put the sleeve on is you sort of go in an angle. Then you start twisting it. Try to twist it in. OK. Now when it's in, you already got a rag. So I put my thumb like this. Just go with one direction. Clockwise or counterclockwise. Now it's in. Now we're going to put the tube with elbow on it. In it. And this is going to be airtight. Now let's talk about plugs. Plug, I've got a 2 millimeter plugs. 3 millimeter plugs. 4 millimeter plugs. This is 4 millimeter plugs. And then you have two plugs in between. This L-shaped plugs is in between the 3 millimeter and the 4 millimeter. It's basically for 3 millimeter hole. You can use O3 if it works. This 3 millimeter plug was designed for the HP45, this kind of HP cartridge. There used to be a metal ball, so you punch it inside. Then you seal it. And you can see it has a groove here. So it can catch, it can latch inside. This plug is designed for the refill. So it has a tab, so it's easier to remove. And this plug is a spare plug for the spongeless cartridges. The 4 millimeter plug is the largest one. I don't think they can fit in here. You can see it's too big for the 3 millimeter hole. And another question is for the medium drill, 2 millimeter drill. Can I use the 2 millimeter plugs? Yes, it does. And there's airtight. Tube support. We need to secure the tubes on the printer. Normally, we're going to use clips. This is a simple clip. So you have double-sided tapes. And you glue this side on the printer. Then you close it, close this. Another way is to have this called arch tube. So this one goes in and have a double-sided tape on both sides. So this is it on the top. And you put a tube here and close it. And this is the T-tube. The T is you glue this on the side of the printer. And then you fit the tube through here. So here's the printer. So when the printer works, it's like this. And this clip has a long arm. You put a double-sided tape here. You secure the tube. Then you put it on one side on the side of the printer. And the cartridge works like this. I also 3D-permitted some small-profile tube clips. What I found is this tube clip is not, sometimes it's not sticky enough. So here you can use a super glue and put it on the printer. Then you sprinkle some baking powder. It's going to be set up instantly. So it'll put exactly where you want the tube to be. For some cartridges, you just have to have a specialized clip to secure the tubes. So you have to design by the model. This is a shut-off, which you turn off all the inks in the tubes. So this one can be take off. So you put it on. And then you glue this double-sided tape, glue it on the printer. So when you want to shut off the inflow, you just roll it here. And now the tube is shut off. So normally this is really handy when you change cartridge or do some troubleshooting. You don't want the ink to keep dripping, so you shut it off. OK, that's all the tools I think I covered them all. And the next video, I'm going to talk about the chips and how to get around the cartridge chips. I hope that this is not too boring. Cheers.