Roll Bar

[bataangpinoy]

well there has got to be a better way to melt and fill hotglue than using a glue gun, thats so f'in ridiculously slow and sucky.
what if you got a copper rod and attached a jumper box to the rod whilst in the middle of a pvc pipe packed with hot glue! it would act like a heating element right?

[mamzak]

That might actually work. Or just use a metal funnel, and fill it with hot glue sticks and then take a heat gun to it? Hot glue fountain anyone?

[bataangpinoy]

ooo... but with pouring i'd worry about the stuff cooling off when it hit the pipe.

i'll test my theory small scale.

[mamzak]

LET's DO IT UP SMALL SCALE!!

[bataangpinoy]

hell yea. but keep in mind that the cooling effects will be significantly less than what we'd see by doing it full size.

[mamzak]

True. Do it indoors and crank the furnace to like 90?

[bataangpinoy]

i have a garage thats about 85* this time of year in the afternoon. dont do that to yourself man, just work some where with little wind, and do something to insulate/retain heat.

[mamzak]

True enough. We should make these and do a group buy. Anyone down?

[bataangpinoy]

hell yea. pm'd

[619E30]

What pvc should I use. Plumbing kinda shit?

[mamzak]

IIRC the black stuff is the strongest...

[bataangpinoy]

noo its the white industial one used for hot water piping that you want.

hell, i'd even look into abs or polypropylene(not spelled right)

[619E30]

is abs better?

[e34john]

No, ABS is too brittle, won't have the give you need. PVC like we said is where it's at. Go to Hydroscape, they will hook you up.

[Mossman]

Why would you weld it when they make adhesives just for this purpose. Think about this, if you have a sleeved connection with 2" of overlap and you use spray adhesive that's pi*diameter*2" of surface area. If you weld it you get much less stiffness because you are only securing it at that one point.

Also DO NOT USE ABS, ABS is strong until it breaks then it shatters catastrophically. Of course I've never used it in a load bearing application but those cheap ABS plastic hoses meant for carrying compressed air, when they fail watch your neck ABS needles EVERYWHERE! PVC will yield much like steel or aluminum which is what you want in a cage application ,not snapping or shattering but bending and therefore absorbing the impact, instead of your head.