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Sat Jul 29, 2006 9:14 pm

If I took some PVC and heated it up and flattened could I rivit it togerher and make a box?
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Sat Jul 29, 2006 9:19 pm

I have not ever rivited but I dont see why not, I would use 3'' pvc flatned because of the size. Might be to thick though. Peace
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Sat Jul 29, 2006 9:37 pm

i saw a thread a while ago where someone said they stuck pvc in the oven at 375F to make it into flat sheets of pvc. so it should work
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Dude, this is ridiculous. Why the hell wouldn't rivets hold it together... They hold together PANTS for crying out loud.
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Pop rivets will hold it together, what are you talking about? Have you ever used a rivet gun( you most likely have, king gort, 'wimper') Just use the big rivets. looky: http://www.bylerrivet.com/

Why would you want to make a box out of pvc anyway? Sure it would look cool but there are better things to make boxes out of.
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Sun Jul 30, 2006 12:20 pm

Yea why would u make it out of pvc ? ide personally use wood.
What do you plan on using the box for ? holding like ur propaine tanks ? or extra materials ? what lol ide personally use wood though.
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I'd use steel or aluminum stronger,lighter,and easier to shape and work with
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Spyider wrote:' u' ' ide' ' ur' ' lol ide'
Did you by any chance seem to notice what is going on here now? Put some damb effort into your spelling and grammer, you arn't posting from a f*cking cell phone. This go's for everyone.
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I could make a box out of metal amd wood but I havent made one out of PVC before. And I know how to use rivets, I ment to just put ifI was makeing the box was ok to heat it up and flatten it out.
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Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:10 pm

I would solvent weld it instead of riveting it. Especially if you plan on using pop rivets, chances are the rivets will crack the PVC.
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Sat Aug 12, 2006 11:15 am

Just use PVC sheets
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Sat Aug 12, 2006 12:41 pm

Be careful heating it too much, you may damage it. I agree with schmanman aluminium would be a lot better in most respects.

Demon, if you want to criticise people's spelling and grammar, make sure you can get it right first, please. So long as it's legible it doesn't really matter.
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Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:09 pm

just buy an electrical box of some sort from a home depot... they are made out of plastic and comes in all sorts and sizes...and wont cost you much at all!
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