[This followup was posted to rec.woodworking and a copy was sent to the
cited author.]

In article , tiredofspam
says...

I made a pour spout years ago. It's worked great , but it has a few
issues. The seal to the cap can leak. and the cardboard/foil gasket kept
falling out.

When it fell out last time I lost it.. I tried to replace it with an o
ring but none fit. So I went through my plumbing stuff and again nothing
fit. So I made a gasket from a seal that was too large. I cut it in
half to thin it, and also slit it to fit in. Sometimes it works and
sometimes not...

I am no good at making a gasket with permatex, only gaskets that you
compress in a bolt down...

Do any of you know of a solution short of going back to a cardboard/foil
gasket?

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It allows me to pour alky and spirits without a funnel.


First thing is to note that the gasket does not need to be a narrow
perimeter strip. Instead it would probably work just fine with a half
inch hole in the middle.

For more durable thin materials to make a new gasket you should look
inside the lids of other empty containers and find one that has a large
enough diameter to work with. Some lids have a disk of a plastic foam
type material that should work OK.

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Michael Karas
Carousel Design Solutions
http://www.carousel-design.com