In order to "heat-shape" the pvc pipe, without it colapsing in on itself, creating unwanted kinks, fill it with sand! Just ordinary sand that you would find in children's sandboxes or the beach, DO NO USE ANY SYNTHETIC (plastic) SAND, it could actually melt, (besides, it's bad for the environment). This will fill and maintain the internal volume while you're bending the pipe. To help keep the sand in the pipe while bending, tape shut, or temporarilly apply end-caps to the pipe. Heat & bend the pipe as usual. Then remove the temporary caps, and let the sand drain out. Use a funnel, to help fill the pipe with the sand. One additional thing, make sure to use DRY sand, to fill the pipe. Wet, or moist sand, will tend to clump, 'make it difficult to fill the pipe, 'likely require additional heat to bend the pipe, and make it difficult to remove from the pipe. So, make sure it's DRY. And, avoid using "Magic sand". This is sand, treated with silicone oil, to make it clump & hydrophobic, (resistant to water). You want to use traditional, plain sand, ONLY.
Ya'know if you seal that foam tube it lasts longer, and that's probably why you have a few that have last a long time because whatever you did to them likely sealed them, even if only partially.
I love that you made it LARP safe and still glowy! Great work
Interested to see how it goes with the safety check. Awesome staff 😊
From 9 to 5V, you just need a resistor.
I’m so impressed. I love it. I’m enjoying your videos.
Thank you! Can't wait to get to more projects like this one.
"Plastidip does not play well with others"
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I love your builds!
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In order to "heat-shape" the pvc pipe, without it colapsing in on itself, creating unwanted kinks, fill it with sand! Just ordinary sand that you would find in children's sandboxes or the beach, DO NO USE ANY SYNTHETIC (plastic) SAND, it could actually melt, (besides, it's bad for the environment). This will fill and maintain the internal volume while you're bending the pipe. To help keep the sand in the pipe while bending, tape shut, or temporarilly apply end-caps to the pipe. Heat & bend the pipe as usual. Then remove the temporary caps, and let the sand drain out. Use a funnel, to help fill the pipe with the sand. One additional thing, make sure to use DRY sand, to fill the pipe. Wet, or moist sand, will tend to clump, 'make it difficult to fill the pipe, 'likely require additional heat to bend the pipe, and make it difficult to remove from the pipe. So, make sure it's DRY.
And, avoid using "Magic sand". This is sand, treated with silicone oil, to make it clump & hydrophobic, (resistant to water). You want to use traditional, plain sand, ONLY.
Ya'know if you seal that foam tube it lasts longer, and that's probably why you have a few that have last a long time because whatever you did to them likely sealed them, even if only partially.
I used ash wood for mine
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