Malone & Dean McRaine on sun 7 sep 97
Aloha all
You low budget makeshifters (& shapeshifters) oughta love this one. A
friend of mine put together a very good extruder out of 3" (might have been
4") PVC and galvinized pipe. I replicated it (in my replicator, ha ha) for
about $40 (Hawiian hardware prices) but if I was on the mainland I probably
could have scavenged most of it. It took about 4 hrs to assemble. I don't
use any fancy tube dies or anything, just coils. No reason you couldn't use
fancy dies if they were the right size. Basically it's about 24" of PVC
clamped to 4' of 1" galvi pipe with a screw on coupling on the PVC to hold
the dies. Dies are 1/4" plexiglass cut with a circle cutter to fit the PVC.
The plunger and handle are thinwall 1" pipe with the ends flattened and
holes drilled for hing joint bolts. Plunger end is Plexi. I was gonna make
plans and sell them but I'd rather make pots. Good luck.
Dean
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