deny essex Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 (edited) Just a simple spring replacement if you use standard plastic or wood dowel decoy pegs with bent springs or if you find standard bought ones a bit too loose for your decoys or dippa fitted coy pegs. Remove the old spring or cut the standard peg in two and refit a short length of silicone tubing about 50mm long for dippa pegs and a little longer maybe 60mm for standard wind rocker plastic pegs , with an 8 mm internal diameter, or size that snugs tight to whatever peg you use plastic or wood. No rusty spring snaps or bent springs at right angle's in the kit bag to trash decoys movement, tension is easily adjusted for wind conditions by pushing the 2 parts of the peg a little closer together for a tighter action or pulling them a little apart for slacker action , also acts as a good spring replacement for overly active pegs in conjunction with dippas. Tube is Ebygum available. I hope this maybe be useful to some , good shooting. Edited June 2, 2018 by deny essex title mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 I do like innovation. Excellent tip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 Thanks for the tip Denny. Wish I'd thought of that !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted June 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2018 (edited) 8 hours ago, Old Boggy said: Thanks for the tip Denny. Wish I'd thought of that !! But I got all the technetickle sorted with the measurements n fings ? Edited June 3, 2018 by deny essex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted June 3, 2018 Report Share Posted June 3, 2018 5 hours ago, deny essex said: But I got all the technetickle sorted with the measurements n fings ? Yes OK, you can take out the patent ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moose man Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 Cracking tip , thanks for sharing that ..I’m going on flea bay to sorce the tubing ...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 2 minutes ago, moose man said: Cracking tip , thanks for sharing that ..I’m going on flea bay to sorce the tubing ...? has to be silicon - other is too hard == boiler parts is best option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moose man Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 4 minutes ago, Yellow Bear said: has to be silicon - other is too hard == boiler parts is best option. Thanks for that ..will the 2mm wall thickness be ok . ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 the stuff I tried was thinner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moose man Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 3 minutes ago, Yellow Bear said: the stuff I tried was thinner. Did it work ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted June 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 I used the 2mm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moose man Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 23 minutes ago, deny essex said: I used the 2mm. Cheers mate ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moose man Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 Bought the tube , more than enough for £ 2.50 ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moose man Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 Ok , so got the tubing and cut and pushed it on the two ends , but found the 2mm thick tubing a bit to thick unless there is a fairly brisk wind , solved the problem with a sharp scalpel and pared the centre down to about 1 mil ..seemed to work better in very light wind .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted June 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 24 minutes ago, moose man said: Ok , so got the tubing and cut and pushed it on the two ends , but found the 2mm thick tubing a bit to thick unless there is a fairly brisk wind , solved the problem with a sharp scalpel and pared the centre down to about 1 mil ..seemed to work better in very light wind .. What length did you use ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moose man Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 Left about an inch and a half gap , the pegs are 12mm inside bore so the tube came at 16 mm outside . Just pared a bit of and it works fine .. the other pegs are 10 mm and the tube has a wall thickness of 1.5 mm so that should be fine ..great tip mate ..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 I made something similar but used old hacksaw blades as the spring. I made up some small white vanes which I pop rivetted onto either side of the neck where the white patch is. This definitely helped movement in a very light breeze. The tube is a much better idea as it also lets the bird errr??? would 'oscillate' be the word, the hacksaws only bent backwards and forwards. They are already on the scrap pile. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted June 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 Your welcome , but all credit to old boggy he stirred me ole brain with that Idea ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 1 hour ago, deny essex said: Your welcome , but all credit to old boggy he stirred me ole brain with that Idea ? Only because I was too damn tight to buy some replacement springs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebarrels Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 Idea pinched? I've been using springs,but they are difficult to source,so will get some tubing (brewers syphon tube)thanks for the tip,BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 2 hours ago, Bluebarrels said: (brewers syphon tube) Needs to be silicon - brewers is too stiff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted June 18, 2018 Report Share Posted June 18, 2018 14 hours ago, Yellow Bear said: Needs to be silicon - brewers is too stiff I used the brewers tubing but it's trial and error with the length to get the right flexibility/movement. Too short and it puts strain on the Dippa. Too long and it won't support the shell decoy. Hope this helps. OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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