Add Everyday Uses For PVC Water Pipe

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<br>What can't you do with PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) pipe? The ubiquitous blue PVC water pipe can be seen along most streets here and appears to be considered one of Thailand's most abundant un-natural assets. A wide variety of various connectors are available and apart from carrying water it is also used as a cheap building materials that can be used to make every part from clothes dryers to Wheel chairs (PDF), Crutches, flagpoles and store indicators. Of course on the web you can also find some other 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 stand, flutes, and even a shaving stand. Below you will see that, in chronological order, some of my very own (principally 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 Zapper, - a Workbench, Real-Tron Controllers - a Music Stand [Zap Zone Defender Experience](http://inprokorea.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=free&wr_id=2149053) Puzzle Bobble Coffee Grinder Controllers, - a Netbook Treadmill Hook, CD/DVD Holders, - a Nightstand/shelves, - Push Up Bar/Handles, [Zap Zone Defender Testimonial](http://47.107.53.207:3000/archeraqt72890/archer1984/wiki/Enjoying+the+Easy+Pleasures+Of+Camping) Fake Legs, [Zap Zone Defender Testimonial](http://183.56.232.100:3062/cesarirwin232/3750012/wiki/ZapNado+Bug+Zapper+Clients+Reviews+%255B3YKQP7211%255D+ZapNado+Bug+Zapper+Customer+Reviews) - a Hilbert Cube, - a Mario Kart steering wheel, - a Guitar Stand, Hockey Sticks, - a Tank-game (BZFlag) controller, - a Train Whistle, and - a Trident.<br>
<br>This was the challenge that began my love affair with blue PVC pipe. I had seen the blueprints for this marshmallow shooter whereas I used to be in Australia but the fittings had been prohibitively expensive (see the image proper). Fortunately they are very affordable here in Thailand. 2 x T-Pieces and [Zap Zone Defender Testimonial](http://shinhwaspodium.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=free&wr_id=4260791) 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-items, and 12 x 45-degree elbows. The backboard is a non-regulation size piece of plywood that we discovered lying round and we used green duct tape for the markings. Although the ring is not strong enough to grasp off, the aspect helps make it sturdy enough for regular play. In addition they give it a very Star Trek feel and I feel the ring seems not in contrast to the NCC-31911 Saratoga. This is probably the most straight ahead use for PVC pipe on this page. 2 x 25mm to 18mm (1" to 1/2") reducers, 2 x customized motorbike hand-grips, four x push-buttons, and a mercury switch which are connected to a computer through a hacked USB joystick.<br>
<br>You could find extra particulars about how I made the controller on this venture page and i've also extended the same concept to play GL-Tron using actual motorbikes. A college pupil who played with the PVC Water Pipe Tron Controller, described above, mentioned "That's Ok however I wish to play driving games". It received me considering and over the following week I spent my evenings building a PVC racing automobile controller - essentially a wheel-much less, PVC go-kart frame linked to the computer through a hacked USB joystick. Some Thai college college students who noticed the primary car wished to understand how all of it worked and six of them got here around one Saturday and we spent the entire day hacking joysticks and building a second car. By connecting them each to a laptop and an information projector we were capable of play break up-display Daytona USA. You can find more particulars concerning the design and building of the vehicles on this challenge page. The white workplace table I used for the digital pinball machine wasn't high sufficient to be performed comfortably.<br>
<br>1 x T-piece, and a pair of x elbows - partially to aid air circulate but principally to hold my display up as a result of the spring within the hinge has damaged. As straightforward as this stand appears to be like, the "L"-shaped upright part is definitely a part of an air-conditioner mount for an information projector that I made for one of the digital pinball table installations. The T-piece isn't glued and so in a small method (a very, very small method) I prefer to assume that if the air-conditioning mount had been ever wanted once more then the parts may re-combine in a Voltron or Captain Planet and [Zap Zone Defender Testimonial](http://classicalmusicmp3freedownload.com/ja/index.php?title=As_A_Reliable_Bug_Zapper_Manufacturer) the Planeteers or Power Rangers MegaZord-like manner. After all if that happened my laptop display screen would fall down. I do not own a Nintendo Wii but I did manage to get my arms on a Wiimote in order that I could check out a few of Johnny Chung Lee's cool initiatives. This is a Wiimote mount I constructed using a length of 35mm (1 and 1/4") pipe, some 18mm (1/2") pipe, 3 x T-items, and 4 x elbows.<br>
<br>The 35mm pipe has been reduce so that it matches nicely into the ridges down the facet of the Wiimote which holds it securely. That is screwed onto a T-Piece which has additionally had its prime reduce off. The joint between the two topmost elbows will not be glued so the angle of the top section might be adjusted. These sections are merely cable-tied onto the front of the motorbike handlebars and the players 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 offer enhance inside the game and up to four bikes will be linked to the pc via a single hacked USB joystick. The centerstands keep the bikes upright during play and a half-round of bamboo is wedged beneath the again tires to stop them from rocking. This is a music stand made from three completely different sizes of pipe.<br>