Donald G. Goldsobel on sun 17 aug 03
Don, I went to the local OSH and in the ABS bins were 2" T s and two
different Y s Is there any reason to use the Y rather than the T connector?
Donald
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From: "Don Clarke"
To:
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 5:24 PM
Subject: throwing standing up
> I am recovering from the infamous lumbar microdiscectomy L4/5 back surgery
> and have started to redesign my studio in an attempt to throw standing.
The
> first challenge was raising my Brent CXC wheel ... after seeing the prices
> (!) of the pre-fabricated stands and the crudeness of the concrete blocks,
I
> took a trip to the local building supply store. There I found standard 2"
> ABS (not PVC) black sewer/plumbing pipe that had an inside diameter the
> exact size of the legs (2-3/8" DIA) on my Brent. For just under $20 I
> purchased 8 "Y" connectors and 10' of 2" pipe and a bottle of ABS glue ...
> this made a wonderful (and aesthetic if I may say so) stand that now had
my
> Brent perched on top of it. Very simple design ... I can email a picture
if
> it would help anyone planning to build one.
>
>
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