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parkerhouse
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i'm thinking of making a c-rail out of 4 inch pvc, I'm going to use a heat gun to heat the pvc up and try to curve it.  Is that possible, and has anyone done something like this? the piece of pvc that i have is only 9 ft long, but that should be fine.  Any suggestions for height, as well as how to put the supports in?
Oct 29 2006 7:41PM
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my_ar5_steeze
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thad be sick man, you shouldsnt have to heat pvc, it should bend on its own, but for supports, usually upside down t shapes work best
Oct 29 2006 7:52PM
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parkerhouse
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nah, it's really thick, it won't bend on it's own, i tried it, but yeah the supports sound good
Oct 29 2006 9:00PM
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bobs
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i've used the 4 inch by like 10ft pvc sections before and theyre very solid, but i only made a kink not a curved rail.  Im not sure if the heating and bending thing will work reall well but if you have multiple pipes you can drill a hole on the ends and then bolt them together for an 8 inch wide box (cept really its only 4 because of the curve of the pipe) we did that for two sections and it worked out really well
Oct 31 2006 5:31PM
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BkCountrySkrMO2
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u won't be able to bend 4 inch pvc pipes, u need like 4, 1 inch pipes all next to each other
Nov 8 2006 4:55PM
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