Everyday Uses For PVC Water Pipe

What cannot you do with PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) pipe? The ubiquitous blue PVC water pipe could be seen alongside most streets here and appears to be one among Thailand's most plentiful un-natural resources. A wide variety of different connectors can be found and other than carrying water it's also used as an inexpensive construction material that can be used to make every part from clothes dryers to Wheel chairs (PDF), Crutches, flagpoles and shop signs. Of course on the internet you can even discover another very cool and inventive issues made from (non-blue) PVC pipe together with: Halloween costumes like Ben Hallert's Matrix APU and Aliens Exo-skeleton Power Loader, another power loader costume, single and multi-guitar Guitar Hero stands, a laptop computer stand, flutes, and even a shaving stand. Below you'll discover, in chronological order, some of my very own (largely original) creations made from PVC water pipe together with: - a Marshmallow Shooter, Plumbing, Soccer Goals, - a Cricket Wicket, - a Basketball Hoop, Bookshelf Supports, - a Water Pipe Tron Controller, Racing Cars, Pinball Table Leg Extensions, Data Projector Mounts, - a Laptop Stand, - a Wiimote Holder, - a DIY Wii Zapper, - a Workbench, Zap Zone Defender Device Real-Tron Controllers - a Music Stand Puzzle Bobble Coffee Grinder Controllers, - a Netbook Treadmill Hook, CD/DVD Holders, - a Nightstand/shelves, - Push Up Bar/Handles, Fake Legs, - a Hilbert Cube, - a Mario Kart steering wheel, - a Guitar Stand, Hockey Sticks, - a Tank-recreation (BZFlag) controller, - a Train Whistle, and - a Trident.



This was the challenge that started my love affair with blue PVC pipe. I had seen the blueprints for this marshmallow shooter while I used to be in Australia but the fittings were prohibitively expensive (see the image right). Fortunately they're very inexpensive right here in Thailand. 2 x T-Pieces and 6 x elbows. Cricket (to not be confused with Brockian Ultra-Cricket) is Australia's national sport performed with a bat, a ball, and two wickets. 6 x T-pieces, and 12 x 45-degree elbows. The backboard is a non-regulation dimension piece of plywood that we discovered mendacity round and we used inexperienced duct tape for the markings. Although the ring is not sturdy sufficient to hold off, the facet supports make it strong sufficient for regular play. In addition they give it a really Star Trek feel and I feel the ring appears to be like not in contrast to the NCC-31911 Saratoga. This is probably probably the most straight forward use for Zap Zone Defender Device PVC pipe on this web page. 2 x 25mm to 18mm (1" to 1/2") reducers, 2 x custom motorbike hand-grips, 4 x push-buttons, and a mercury switch which are related to a computer via a hacked USB joystick.



You can find more details about how I made the controller on this undertaking web page and that i've additionally extended the same concept to play GL-Tron utilizing actual motorbikes. A college student who played with the PVC Water Pipe Tron Controller, described above, mentioned "That's Ok however I wish to play driving video games". It bought me pondering and over the following week I spent my evenings building a PVC racing automotive controller - primarily a wheel-less, PVC go-kart body connected to the pc via a hacked USB joystick. Some Thai university college students who noticed the first car wanted to know the way it all labored and six of them got here around one Saturday and we spent the entire day hacking joysticks and constructing a second automobile. By connecting them each to a laptop computer and a data projector we have been capable of play split-screen Daytona USA. You will discover extra details in regards to the design and development of the vehicles on this venture web page. The white office table I used for the digital pinball machine wasn't excessive enough to be performed comfortably.



1 x T-piece, and a pair of x elbows - partially to help air movement however mostly to hold my screen up as a result of the spring within the hinge has broken. As straightforward as this stand seems, the "L"-formed upright part is actually part of an air-conditioner mount for a data projector that I made for one of many digital pinball desk installations. The T-piece is not glued and so in a small way (a very, very small manner) I like to assume that if the air-conditioning mount have been ever wanted again then the parts could re-mix in a Voltron or Captain Planet and the Planeteers or Power Rangers MegaZord-like manner. After all if that happened my laptop computer display screen would fall down. I do not own a Nintendo Wii but I did manage to get my palms on a Wiimote in order that I could check out a few of Johnny Chung Lee's cool tasks. This can be a Wiimote mount I constructed utilizing a length of 35mm (1 and 1/4") pipe, some 18mm (1/2") pipe, three x T-pieces, and four x elbows.



The 35mm pipe has been reduce in order that it fits nicely into the ridges down the facet of the Wiimote which holds it securely. That is screwed onto a T-Piece which has also had its top lower off. The joint between the 2 topmost elbows just isn't glued so the angle of the top part may be adjusted. These sections are simply cable-tied onto the entrance of the motorbike handlebars and the gamers squeeze the buttons with their index fingers to turn left or proper. A mercury switch can be mounted on the right handlebar so the accelerator can be used to offer enhance inside the game and as much as four bikes may be related to the computer by way of a single hacked USB joystick. The centerstands keep the bikes upright throughout play and a half-spherical of bamboo is wedged beneath the again tires to cease them from rocking. This is a music stand made from three different sizes of pipe.