12-22-2003, 02:39 PM
Hey TubeDad, Yeah that 4 pole holder is still under the 2lb mark. I am working on a 5 pole design out of the schedule 20 and hope to stay within the same guidelines. The schedule 20 is almost 1/2 the weight of the schedule 40 and for the way that we are useing it as rod holders, there is no major sacrifice in strength.
The main rating on the strength of Sced 20 and 40 is for the amount of PSI of the liquids that you will be useing inside of them as well as crush strength for underground apps. The non reduceable weight will only lie within the connectors that are used. All of the Tees, Elbows, Crosses and Couplings remain the same heavier pieces which will need your swiss cheese technique.
I thought of pestering some of my buddies out here that have injection molding equipment to make some of this stuff. It would all come down to making a dye for their machine.
That is the expensive part of the molding process. My plans were to use my microtorch technoloy along with some "Goop" and fuse them myself. That would keep it light and I wouldn't have to take out a second mortgage on my house just to get a 30-50,000 die made up. I could get a big float tube with 50grand.
Anyway, I also have some tinkering time available over the holiday season. The busiest time for me will be Christmas Eve, New Years Eve, and New Years Day. I got signed up once again for the Rose Parade.
As harmless as the Rose Parade looks on TV, it has its own disasters as well. Every year there are close to 85 individual event that need 1st aide or better. That is not bad considering that there are usually 1.2 million people along the whole parade route + the participants in the parade.
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The main rating on the strength of Sced 20 and 40 is for the amount of PSI of the liquids that you will be useing inside of them as well as crush strength for underground apps. The non reduceable weight will only lie within the connectors that are used. All of the Tees, Elbows, Crosses and Couplings remain the same heavier pieces which will need your swiss cheese technique.
I thought of pestering some of my buddies out here that have injection molding equipment to make some of this stuff. It would all come down to making a dye for their machine.
That is the expensive part of the molding process. My plans were to use my microtorch technoloy along with some "Goop" and fuse them myself. That would keep it light and I wouldn't have to take out a second mortgage on my house just to get a 30-50,000 die made up. I could get a big float tube with 50grand.
Anyway, I also have some tinkering time available over the holiday season. The busiest time for me will be Christmas Eve, New Years Eve, and New Years Day. I got signed up once again for the Rose Parade.
As harmless as the Rose Parade looks on TV, it has its own disasters as well. Every year there are close to 85 individual event that need 1st aide or better. That is not bad considering that there are usually 1.2 million people along the whole parade route + the participants in the parade.
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