Great video and excellent safety warning about the acetone. I used to have a bunch of these (store bought) but gave them away in 2012 when I moved from Oregon to Texas. Have spent the last 8 years searching for them to no avail, so I'm making my own. I put rebar in the ground and stick the candy canes over them. Keeps them upright no matter how windy it gets!
rebar in the ground is a great way to go! I don't remember if I put it in the video but one easy alternative is to cut the bottom of the candy cane on a slant so the tip is pointed on one side. Then you should be able to drive them straight into the ground.
Heat sand in a 400 degree oven pour in after an hour or two. Make sure to have pipe in a holder for pouring like a larger pipe cut in half or two pieces of 2x4 nailed one edge to another making a corner. Cap the bottom and pour sand in. Make sure you have the form ready to place the pipe in once you’ve poured in the sand and capped the end. It will be very flexible. Always use heat resistant glove’s when handing hot sand and the pipe as it will continue heating the pipe as you place it in the mold. Wait for pipe to cool about an hour. Do this over concrete or dirt where the sand won’t damage your floor in your house.
You can lay the pvc pipe on the ground put a picture pipe cap on one end then get a desk size round trash can from dollar tree put on pipe 2 ft from capped end At the opposite end of the pipe pour very hot water #NOT BOILING# then lift that end all the way to trash can the heat from hot water and your lifting the unplugged end will make the curve around trash can
@@jackwilhite1718 My husband did a water reclamation project from the gutters for our garden and he used our gas bbq. It was so simple. he knew exactly how much heat to use.
Man U made it look easy! I tried doing 3/4 inch with heat gun “into” a template I made outta wood and it turned out terrible. (I’m going to slip white pool noodles over it to make the candy canes thicker.) Take 2! (Or am I on take 5?) haha😊
I need to make a spiral, starting with a 16inch base and going up about 3ft, what do you think I could use to bend it? Does the thing you use to get the shape have to be metal like the coffee can?
It doesn't have to be metal. Depending on the detail you need, you could do one of three options. First, you could free-form bend it but that would be hard to maintain a consistent bend throughout the shape. Second you could do a rough bend using framed objects like a tomato cage, or a tree that has a relatively straight section of trunk or freeform using a reference like something as simple as a taped together poster board. The third option would be to use a full form template - depending on the exact size you need, I'm thinking 5 gallon bucket or similar small cylinder piece, it doesn't have to be the full length of your form if you just move it along with where you're bending at the time. Just make sure that if it's plastic or something flammable that you are very careful using the heat gun as it may deform or ignite the surface.
I would definitely stay away from putting PVC in the oven. Heating most plastics can give off very toxic fumes and should only be done in well ventilated areas (I believe for PVC the primary fume is Hydrogen chloride). This is why I did this outside and I don't hold the heat gun in one place too long. The only plastics I'd be comfortable putting in an oven would be scraps of HDPE or certain 3D filaments and I would still likely do it in a toaster oven outside and not go above 350.
I haven't tried any thicker than the ones in the video, just haven't had the need yet. If I were to do thicker pipe, at some thickness I think it would probably work best to have the pipe upright with the sand in it and use some clamps to gradually pull it little at a time
Great video and excellent safety warning about the acetone. I used to have a bunch of these (store bought) but gave them away in 2012 when I moved from Oregon to Texas. Have spent the last 8 years searching for them to no avail, so I'm making my own. I put rebar in the ground and stick the candy canes over them. Keeps them upright no matter how windy it gets!
rebar in the ground is a great way to go! I don't remember if I put it in the video but one easy alternative is to cut the bottom of the candy cane on a slant so the tip is pointed on one side. Then you should be able to drive them straight into the ground.
Heat sand in a 400 degree oven pour in after an hour or two. Make sure to have pipe in a holder for pouring like a larger pipe cut in half or two pieces of 2x4 nailed one edge to another making a corner. Cap the bottom and pour sand in. Make sure you have the form ready to place the pipe in once you’ve poured in the sand and capped the end. It will be very flexible. Always use heat resistant glove’s when handing hot sand and the pipe as it will continue heating the pipe as you place it in the mold. Wait for pipe to cool about an hour. Do this over concrete or dirt where the sand won’t damage your floor in your house.
Heat up a tray of sand in the oven, then pour it in. Use a funnel. No heat gun needed.
Very smart!! Thank you!!!
@@angiebaby1976 You are welcome.
Thanks for sharing. Your video really helped me a lot
I want to try to make a heart frame using the thinner pipe. Good tip about using sand. I'll try it.
Sounds like a great idea! Hopefully the sand will help - it really makes getting good looking curves a whole lot easier!
Sand is the way to go bro 👍
You can lay the pvc pipe on the ground
put a picture pipe cap on one end then get a desk size round trash can from dollar tree put on pipe 2 ft from capped end
At the opposite end of the pipe pour very hot water #NOT BOILING# then lift that end all the way to trash can the heat from hot water and your lifting the unplugged end will make the curve around trash can
Heat the sand up in your outdoor grill
Thanks!! I wonder if holding it about 10-12 inches over my gas burner would work 🤔🤔🤔
Harbor freight hobby heat gun would be much safer
@@jackwilhite1718 My husband did a water reclamation project from the gutters for our garden and he used our gas bbq. It was so simple. he knew exactly how much heat to use.
Man U made it look easy! I tried doing 3/4 inch with heat gun “into” a template I made outta wood and it turned out terrible. (I’m going to slip white pool noodles over it to make the candy canes thicker.) Take 2! (Or am I on take 5?) haha😊
I need to make a spiral, starting with a 16inch base and going up about 3ft, what do you think I could use to bend it? Does the thing you use to get the shape have to be metal like the coffee can?
It doesn't have to be metal. Depending on the detail you need, you could do one of three options. First, you could free-form bend it but that would be hard to maintain a consistent bend throughout the shape. Second you could do a rough bend using framed objects like a tomato cage, or a tree that has a relatively straight section of trunk or freeform using a reference like something as simple as a taped together poster board. The third option would be to use a full form template - depending on the exact size you need, I'm thinking 5 gallon bucket or similar small cylinder piece, it doesn't have to be the full length of your form if you just move it along with where you're bending at the time. Just make sure that if it's plastic or something flammable that you are very careful using the heat gun as it may deform or ignite the surface.
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very good project. How did you paint them?
They're not painted. I used red duct tape, torn half-width
do you think it will work if we bend PVC in the oven
I would definitely stay away from putting PVC in the oven. Heating most plastics can give off very toxic fumes and should only be done in well ventilated areas (I believe for PVC the primary fume is Hydrogen chloride). This is why I did this outside and I don't hold the heat gun in one place too long. The only plastics I'd be comfortable putting in an oven would be scraps of HDPE or certain 3D filaments and I would still likely do it in a toaster oven outside and not go above 350.
whats the limit? have you tried 2 or 4 inch?
I haven't tried any thicker than the ones in the video, just haven't had the need yet. If I were to do thicker pipe, at some thickness I think it would probably work best to have the pipe upright with the sand in it and use some clamps to gradually pull it little at a time
@@learnedmoose what size is the one in the video?
Anybody in India who may help me for such work