Life has once again interrupted fast progress, but this does not mean everything has ground to a halt! I finally found a company in Gauteng that can supply us with the hard to find PTFE (Teflon) tubing needed to fashion the Bowden couplings required to reduce weight on the hot-end even more.
Chemical & Industrial Plastics http://www.ptfeplastics.com/ in Benoni specialises in Teflon, and can do almost anything teflon you can think of… including the elusive Teflon tubing. They do small quantities, and they are affordable too!