Re: PVC Toroid Source?

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Original poster: C T <ct451-at-yahoo-dot-com> 

Just make sure you are outside when you heat up PVC.
It may give off vinyl chloride which i believe is
quite nasty and odorless. You can also try splitting a
pipe up and forming it around an existing solid toroid
with some heat.

Chris

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >
 > Depending on the diameter, PVC bends quite well with
 > a
 > heat gun. The trick is to get it just soft enough to
 > bend and not to kink it. Probably not practical over
 > 4".
 >
 > Adam
 >
 > --- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 >  > Original poster: "Daniel Kline"
 >  > <daniel_kline-at-med.unc.edu>
 >  >
 >  > All,
 >  > I was thinking about bending PVC tubing into a
 >  > toroidal shape
 >  > for covering with aluminum tape and ran across
 > this
 >  > site. I'm
 >  > not sure if the elbows would work, but I'm
 > thinking
 >  > the sweeps
 >  > might? They go up to 6" in a variety of radii.
 >  > Dan K.
 >  >
 >  > http://www.pvc-conduitfittings-dot-com/
 >  >
 >  >
 >
 >