Everyday Uses For PVC Water Pipe
What cannot you do with PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) pipe? The ubiquitous blue PVC water pipe may be seen alongside most streets here and seems to be certainly one of Thailand's most considerable un-natural sources. All kinds of different connectors can be found and apart from carrying water it is also used as an affordable construction materials that can be utilized to make every thing from clothes dryers to Wheel chairs (PDF), Crutches, flagpoles and shop signs. In fact on the web you may also find some other very cool and creative issues made from (non-blue) PVC pipe including: Zappify Bug Zapper official Halloween costumes like Ben Hallert's Matrix APU and Aliens Exo-skeleton Power Loader, another energy loader costume, UV bug insect zapper single and multi-guitar Guitar Hero stands, a laptop stand, flutes, and even a shaving stand. Below one can find, in chronological order, a few of my very own (mostly unique) creations made from PVC water pipe including: - 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 Zappify Bug Zapper official, - a Workbench, 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 undertaking that started my love affair with blue PVC pipe. I had seen the blueprints for this marshmallow shooter while I was in Australia however the fittings were prohibitively costly (see the image proper). Fortunately they are very affordable right here in Thailand. 2 x T-Pieces and 6 x elbows. Cricket (to not be confused with Brockian Ultra-Cricket) is Australia's nationwide sport played with a bat, a ball, and two wickets. 6 x T-pieces, and 12 x 45-diploma elbows. The backboard is a non-regulation size piece of plywood that we found lying around and we used inexperienced duct tape for the markings. Although the ring is not strong sufficient to hang off, the side supports make it sturdy sufficient for normal play. In addition they give it a really Star Trek really feel and I feel the ring seems to be not unlike the NCC-31911 Saratoga. This is probably probably the most straight forward use for PVC pipe on this page. 2 x 25mm to 18mm (1" to 1/2") reducers, 2 x custom motorbike hand-grips, four x push-buttons, and a mercury switch that are linked to a pc by way of a hacked USB joystick.
You will discover extra details about how I made the controller on this challenge web page and that i've also prolonged the identical concept to play GL-Tron utilizing actual motorbikes. A university pupil who performed with the PVC Water Pipe Tron Controller, described above, stated "That's Ok but I prefer to play driving video games". It acquired me pondering and over the subsequent week I spent my evenings constructing a PVC racing car controller - essentially a wheel-much less, PVC go-kart frame related to the pc by way of a hacked USB joystick. Some Thai college students who noticed the primary automobile wanted to understand how all of it labored and 6 of them got here round one Saturday and we spent the entire day hacking joysticks and constructing a second car. By connecting them each to a laptop computer and a knowledge projector we were able to play cut up-display screen Daytona USA. You will discover more particulars concerning the design and development of the cars on this undertaking page. The white workplace table I used for the digital pinball machine wasn't excessive enough to be played comfortably.
1 x T-piece, and 2 x elbows - partially to aid air circulation but mostly to hold my display screen up because the spring in the hinge has damaged. As straightforward as this stand looks, the "L"-shaped upright part is definitely part of an air-conditioner mount for a knowledge projector that I made for one of the digital pinball desk installations. The T-piece isn't glued and so in a small manner (a very, very small means) I prefer to suppose that if the air-conditioning mount have been ever needed again then the elements may re-mix in a Voltron or Captain Planet and the Planeteers or Power Rangers MegaZord-like way. After all if that occurred my laptop display would fall down. I don't own a Nintendo Wii however I did handle to get my palms on a Wiimote so that I could try out a few of Johnny Chung Lee's cool initiatives. It is a Wiimote mount I built using a length of 35mm (1 and 1/4") pipe, some 18mm (1/2") pipe, three x T-items, and four x elbows.
The 35mm pipe has been cut so that it suits 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 high lower off. The joint between the 2 topmost elbows shouldn't be glued so the angle of the top part may be adjusted. These sections are merely cable-tied onto the front of the motorbike handlebars and the gamers squeeze the buttons with their index fingers to show left or right. A mercury change is also mounted on the appropriate handlebar so the accelerator can be used to provide boost within the sport and as much as 4 bikes might be related to the computer through a single hacked USB joystick. The centerstands keep the bikes upright during play and a half-round of bamboo is wedged underneath the again tires to stop them from rocking. This is a music stand made from three totally different sizes of pipe.
