Answers.Body: <p>It's a piece of <a href="https://www.bricklink.com/v2/search.page?q=hose%203mm&amp;brand=1000&amp;tab=P" rel="noreferrer">3mm rigid hose</a>. It looks something like this:</p>
  
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  <p>That particular piece must have been cut from a larger piece, as the smallest it has ever come is 3L (3 studs) and never black at that size.</p>
  
  <p>It's debated if cutting tube pieces is a purist thing to do or not.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Cutting rigid hose is allowed in my opinion as The Sears Tower Architecture model (21003) had it as an actual step in the instructions.
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Answers.Text: It was the Space Needle set I believe, 21003-1
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Body: <p>I'd like some help identifying the black parts circled in the photo.</p>
  
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Title: Help to identify a small tube part
UserDisplayName: Vectronic
ThreadText: # Help to identify a small tube part
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-09-18)
  
  I'd like some help identifying the black parts circled in the photo.
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/wyesv.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/wyesv.png)
  
  **Tags:** part-identification
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2018-09-18. Score: 7 | Accepted answer
  
  It's a piece of [3mm rigid hose](https://www.bricklink.com/v2/search.page?q=hose%203mm&brand=1000&tab=P). It looks something like this:
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Iu1ad.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/Iu1ad.png)
  
  That particular piece must have been cut from a larger piece, as the smallest it has ever come is 3L (3 studs) and never black at that size.
  
  It's debated if cutting tube pieces is a purist thing to do or not.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: Cutting rigid hose is allowed in my opinion as The Sears Tower Architecture model (21003) had it as an actual step in the instructions.  
  > **username_3**: It was the Space Needle set I believe, 21003-1  
  
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