clear tubes

[ilovefireworks]

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[jeff wilson]

That looks cool.
I would love to see a rack of those fired. Just the blast from the lift would be cool.
But of course you would have pimp your rack so that they are visible.
They would be perfect to make sure you do not have any duds left in the tubes.
You would also have to clean them real good after each use.

[St1dinoh]

just a word of caution....

"just as strong" doesn't mean how it will deal with a missfire. "just as strong" seems to me indicates the pressure tested allowances for that pipe. so they may have just compared the HDPE max ppi to this clear stuff. it's not the pressure retention you want to worry about. the advantage of HDPE is the way it deforms, rather than fragments when there is a flowerpot. it won't produce shrapnel, it just makes the tube look melted. if i were you i'd purposley (from an uber safe distance) load a shell in upside down just to see what happens. if it breaks into shards....forget the idea.

but hey if it is like hdpe upon faliure.....how much does it cost per foot? lol

[johnny_boomboom]

Whoa... Transparent Aluminum.... who says he didn't invent the thing...












Okay for those of you that aren't star trek fans... It is a line from Star Trek IV...

seriously those would be a nice novelty if they work and weren't too pricey...

[St1dinoh]

is that when they were building the aquarium for the whales?

[johnny_boomboom]

yeah...

There be Whales Here!!!!!!

[NYSHOOTER]

Deja Vu. seams like just the other day PYROCHRIS was looking to go this very same route!

[Don F]

I can see it now a beautiful clear tube then fire one shell and poof its a carbon black tube .
be sure when you build these that you also build a automatic tube cleaner.
dont think the wife would be happy about putting them through the dish washer . Or am I the only one whos ever done that :rolleyes: :)

[jeff wilson]

dont think the wife would be happy about putting them through the dish washer . :rolleyes: :)


What if the Wife IS the dishwasher?

[St1dinoh]

lol

you just took the words right out of my....err...fingers

[JustADad]

I was somewhere on the net reading about HDPE manufacture the other day. They said that they actually add pigment to the plastic to help keep the tube from breaking down due to light exposure. Must have been a pyro site, because I seem to remember them also discussing fiberglass tubes and the main problem with them was extreem temperatures, specifically cold, causing problems in them.

"Computer...computer...hello computer?"
"Just use the mouse!"
"How quaint."

[johnny_boomboom]

Nuclear Wessles... Can you direct us to the nuclear Wessles...

And the best line from the entire movie...

"Double Dumbass on you!"

[noel]

"Would this be a good time for a, "colorfull medaphore"?

...Now everyone remember where we parked!

[ilovefireworks]

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[JoeRatman]

"Hello Alice, welcome to wonderland"
Kirk to "his girlfriend" when she enters the invisible ship for the first time.

[Doublehamm]

Alright. I am interested to see how well this experiment works. Better get out the PAM! Also my first post at the new forums, so testing that as well.


Hmmmmm....... guess I am not a supporting member anymore?

[leeca]

Hmmmmm....... guess I am not a supporting member anymore?
We all lost our "supporting members" when we first logged into this new forum, You have to get the new user ID setup here first before the flame can be re added to your user account. I'm sure the flame will return.

Glad to see you on the new forum..:D