Put your trust in PVC

[johnridley]

A number of years ago, tceisele wrote an article for Pyro entitled "Put not your trust in PVC".
As a belated counterpoint, I now draw everyone's attention to the PVC Plans website.

Comments

[c0nsumer.livejournal.com]

I've made a few things out of PVC in the past:

Easel, Dress Form (torso applied later), swift and niddy noddy for spinning, and the iSight Tripod Adapter which ended up being an article in Make.

[mbcrui.livejournal.com]

I have a spinning wheel made out of PVC and a wheelchair wheel. It works well :)

I've also been looking at those PVC growing frames.

[tceisele.livejournal.com]

Some of those are, indeed, very nice. Although, I will point out that most of them are not depending on the PVC being more than marginally strong, stiff, heat-resistant, or electrically insulating, and in a few cases you can see the PVC pipe sagging slightly under its own weight . . .

[johnridley.livejournal.com]

Yes, so I suppose it should be "Trust (but verify) in PVC"

[jebra.livejournal.com]

Conceptually, these PVC constructs are about as elegant as nailing together a bunch of 2x2s. But something about them appeals to me.

[johnridley.livejournal.com]

Exactly my feeling.