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billappleton![]() Inner circle Los Gatos, California 1154 Posts ![]() |
Does anyone have a good method of building large tubes, maybe with an 18 inch diameter? what about finding tubes in this size?
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mvmagic![]() Inner circle Has written 1322 Posts ![]() |
Have you tried a plumbing store? Plastic tubing comes in many sizes.
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Ray Pierce![]() Inner circle Los Angeles, CA 2604 Posts ![]() |
What do they need to be made out of? You can roll them out of sheet metal, get sonatubes and cover them, even laminate the out of thin wood like drum shells. There are many options but it depends on the material required, strength/rigidity and finish.
Ray Pierce
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Kex![]() Special user Arlington, Texas 577 Posts ![]() |
How about concrete forms made out of durable cardboard. Home Depot and Lowes sells tubing like that.
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hugmagic Inner circle 7678 Posts ![]() |
Sonatubes are the concrete forms you talked about. Depending what you want them for you could get them made at a sheet metal shop. They can bead or roll the edges for strength.
Richard
Richard E. Hughes, Hughes Magic Inc., 352 N. Prospect St., Ravenna, OH 44266 (330)296-4023
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IDOTRIX![]() Elite user Darien,il 467 Posts ![]() |
You won't find 18: at the big box stores. try concrete supply stores
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billappleton![]() Inner circle Los Gatos, California 1154 Posts ![]() |
Thanks all,
I was thinking of building a large square circle to produce a large puppet. so... maybe an 16 inch interior and an 18 inch exterior, this implies I'm going to have to build the tube itself from scratch, or get very lucky finding something... |
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billappleton![]() Inner circle Los Gatos, California 1154 Posts ![]() |
Hmmm, actually the come in 1 inch size difference. Are they really heavy?
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hugmagic Inner circle 7678 Posts ![]() |
I would look for small trash/garbage cans that are used for like wastebaskets. Find two similar sizes and cut the bottom out of one.
Richard
Richard E. Hughes, Hughes Magic Inc., 352 N. Prospect St., Ravenna, OH 44266 (330)296-4023
www.hughesmagic.com email-hugmagic@raex.com Write direct as I will be turning off my PM's. |
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts ![]() |
What about playground equipment crawl tubes?
~michael baker
The Magic Company |
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Eldon![]() Inner circle Virden, IL 1137 Posts ![]() |
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On 2009-09-22 21:51, billappleton wrote: How about a Square - Square. Then you could build it all yourself. |
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Spellbinder![]() Inner circle The Holy City of East Orange, NJ 6438 Posts ![]() |
The other advantage of the Square Square is that you can make it from Foamboard and do it all with a razor knife and duct tape. While you're at it, make it so that both boxes fold flat for travel and for displaying empty by leaving double space between the pieces when you tape them together. You can also easily decorate the Foamboard with interesting cut-out designs, like Jack-O-Lantern faces for Halloween, etc. One of my favorite designs is to have the cut-outs in BOTH square tubes, but off-set so when they are nested you always see the color side of the innermost tube, but when unnested, you apparently see into the black interiors of either tube. This adds to the deceptiveness of the original square circle effect.
Professor Spellbinder
Professor Emeritus at the Turkey Buzzard Academy of Magik, Witchcraft and Wizardry http://www.magicnook.com Publisher of The Wizards' Journals |
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Eldon![]() Inner circle Virden, IL 1137 Posts ![]() |
Plus, a Square - Square will hold a larger load.
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hugmagic Inner circle 7678 Posts ![]() |
Put a slight taper on the load area to make it easier to load.
Richard
Richard E. Hughes, Hughes Magic Inc., 352 N. Prospect St., Ravenna, OH 44266 (330)296-4023
www.hughesmagic.com email-hugmagic@raex.com Write direct as I will be turning off my PM's. |
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Aaron Smith Magic![]() Inner circle Portland, OR 1447 Posts ![]() |
I would go with super thin sheet metal, and pop rivet the ends together. Then you could either attach fabric (felt, or vinyl) or paint it.
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Jeff Dial![]() Special user Kent, WA 533 Posts ![]() |
If you are thinking making them out of sheet metal, ask a sheet metal worker or shop. They have the equiptment that might give you a nicer finished edges.
"Think our brains must be too highly trained, Majikthise" HHGG
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hugmagic Inner circle 7678 Posts ![]() |
Also the sheet metal if you fold the edges or wire them, it will add strength.
Richard
Richard E. Hughes, Hughes Magic Inc., 352 N. Prospect St., Ravenna, OH 44266 (330)296-4023
www.hughesmagic.com email-hugmagic@raex.com Write direct as I will be turning off my PM's. |
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Aaron Smith Magic![]() Inner circle Portland, OR 1447 Posts ![]() |
Great point Jeff, I should have mentioned that. You really want to take this to a metal shop if your not familiar with working with metals.
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Tom Lauten![]() Special user 689 Posts ![]() |
There are companies that custom wind cardboard tube for things like feed drums etc. They often have samples available and the actual cost of windings aren't too bad if you catch them at the right time in the process. I believe many companies can wind up to approx. 1 meter dia.
Living at and loving Loch Ness!
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billappleton![]() Inner circle Los Gatos, California 1154 Posts ![]() |
Tom, are you really at Loch Ness? I did some video enhancement of the last Gordon Holmes video and it ended up on CNN! Are you into cryptozoology? Just wondering...
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