Everyday Uses For PVC Water Pipe

What can't you do with PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) pipe? The ubiquitous blue PVC water pipe could be seen alongside most streets right here and appears to be one of Thailand's most plentiful un-pure sources. A wide variety of different connectors can be found and apart from carrying water it is also used as a cheap development materials that can be used to make all the things from clothes dryers to Wheel chairs (PDF), Crutches, mosquito-free patio flagpoles and shop signs. In fact on the internet you can also find some other very cool and artistic things made from (non-blue) PVC pipe including: 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, mosquito-free patio and even a shaving stand. Below you'll discover, in chronological order, a few of my own (mostly unique) 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 bug zapper sale, - 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, Zappify Bug Zapper site - 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 project that started my love affair with blue PVC pipe. I had seen the blueprints for this marshmallow shooter whereas I used to be in Australia however the fittings had been prohibitively costly (see the image right). Fortunately they're very inexpensive right here in Thailand. 2 x T-Pieces and 6 x elbows. Cricket (not to be confused with Brockian Ultra-Cricket) is Australia's national sport played with a bat, a ball, and two wickets. 6 x T-pieces, and 12 x 45-degree 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 isn't strong sufficient to cling off, the aspect supports make it robust enough for regular play. They also give it a very Star Trek really feel and I feel the ring seems to be not not like the NCC-31911 Saratoga. This is maybe essentially the most straight ahead use for PVC pipe on this web page. 2 x 25mm to 18mm (1" to 1/2") reducers, 2 x custom motorbike hand-grips, four x push-buttons, and a mercury swap which are connected to a computer via a hacked USB joystick.



You will discover more particulars about how I made the controller on this challenge page and that i've additionally prolonged the same concept to play GL-Tron using actual motorbikes. A college pupil who performed with the PVC Water Pipe Tron Controller, described above, said "That's Ok but I prefer to play driving games". It acquired me pondering and over the next week I spent my evenings constructing a PVC racing automotive controller - essentially a wheel-less, PVC go-kart frame linked to the computer through a hacked USB joystick. Some Thai college students who saw the primary automotive needed to know how it all labored and six of them came round one Saturday and we spent the entire day hacking joysticks and building a second car. By connecting them each to a laptop and a data projector we had been able to play break up-display screen Daytona USA. Yow will discover more details in regards to the design and construction of the automobiles on this mission page. The white workplace desk I used for the virtual pinball machine wasn't excessive sufficient to be played comfortably.



1 x T-piece, and a pair of x elbows - partially to assist air stream however largely to carry my display screen up as a result of the spring within the hinge has damaged. As simple as this stand appears to be like, the "L"-shaped upright section is definitely part of an air-conditioner mount for a knowledge projector that I made for one of many virtual pinball table installations. The T-piece isn't glued and so in a small method (a really, very small approach) I prefer to think that if the air-conditioning mount had been ever needed again then the parts may re-mix in a Voltron or Captain Planet and the Planeteers or Power Rangers MegaZord-like way. In fact if that occurred my laptop display screen would fall down. I don't personal a Nintendo Wii but I did handle to get my palms on a Wiimote in order that I could try out some of Johnny Chung Lee's cool projects. It is a Wiimote mount I built utilizing 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 minimize so that it matches nicely into the ridges down the facet of the Wiimote which holds it securely. This is screwed onto a T-Piece which has also had its high lower off. The joint between the two topmost elbows is just not glued so the angle of the highest section will 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 right. A mercury change is also mounted on the appropriate handlebar so the accelerator can be utilized to supply enhance within the game and up to four bikes might be connected to the pc by way of a single hacked USB joystick. The centerstands keep the bikes upright during play and a half-spherical of bamboo is wedged beneath the back tires to cease them from rocking. It is a music stand made from three totally different sizes of pipe.