SpudFiles

A lot of you (almost all) use plastic tubes, like pen tubes. Has anyone melted a tube to another one rather than taping or gluing? I melted one to get a bend and that worked well.

Please ask your question again in "properish" english (sorry, I really cant understand what youre saying!) and I/ someone will try to help you!

EDIT: you want to join 2 pieces of plastic by melting them together?

spud yeti wrote:Please ask your question again in "properish" english (sorry, I really cant understand what youre saying!) and I/ someone will try to help you!

EDIT: you want to join 2 pieces of plastic by melting them together?

yes

ok cool. well i guess it depends on the type of plastic the pen is made of. The best method that i can think of would be to have a piece of plastic tube over the two pieces of pen to create a joint. This is strong and should be air tight if you JB weld it. The only thing about melting the two pens is they may distort and the joint created would be comparitively weak. heres a diagram: http://s203.photobucket.com/albums/aa95 ... =joint.jpg

That would work and be neater to but i will stick to super glue lol
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KLeon11

haha i use aluminum tape. its WICKED strong untill you bend it, then it rips like a soda can.

On my first pneumatic I melted a plastic pipe and a plastic hose fitting together with a soldering iron.

Worked fine at the 100psi I used it at

Definitely not something for large cannons though.

its basically welding PVC!!!!!!! screw solvents.........

lol. thats a good idea for mini cannons.........

i found some one that does it with big pvc be he just melt a larger tube onto the smaller one for cement piping i guess and some people bake (like in the oven) there pvc to get crazy bends but they have to stretch it as then bend to get a consistent diameter

id suggest duct tape lol. or possibly electrical tape. with some jb weld to hold it together.

They do have plastic welders, it has a welding rod and everything!