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Re: Cage type secondary former



Original poster: "Malcolm Watts by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz>

HI David,

On 13 May 2003, at 8:23, Tesla list wrote:

 > Original poster: "Harold Weiss by way of Terry Fritz 
<teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com>
 >
 > Hi All,
 >
 > I forgot about what I saw at the hobby store.  They had real thin acyrlic
 > sheets that are bendable/moldable for RC aircraft that might work for making
 > a tube.  These sheets are in the .020" and thinner range.
 >
 > David E Weiss

I'd bet that bending the sheet into a tube then gluing the seam using
the solvents normally used to glue acrylic will result in a shattered
tube. You might want to check a thin strip out first before splashing
out on the real thing.

Malcolm
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