purplepeas@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agoVery gently, I’m suresh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square61linkfedilinkarrow-up1849arrow-down17
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minus-squareChillPill@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up39·1 month agoI’ve only ever seen potato “holders” made out of ABS, not PVC. Not sure that ABS is any more resistant to er- rapid unscheduled disassemblies.
minus-squarecfi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 month agoWe used to make them out of PVC pipe from the hardware store
minus-squaredeepfriedchril @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoYup, gotta get that sch40 stuff.
minus-squarebrygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·1 month agoIn the firework industry we use ABS in our mortars because they will stretch and rip if a firework explodes in the tube rather than shatter and turn into shrapnel.
minus-squareseathru@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·edit-21 month agoABS would be better in that regard, it has a higher plasticity and less likely to fragment. But the one in the OP is PVC. ABS pipe is black. Edit: And I’m pretty sure ABS doesn’t show either.
I’ve only ever seen potato “holders” made out of ABS, not PVC. Not sure that ABS is any more resistant to er- rapid unscheduled disassemblies.
We used to make them out of PVC pipe from the hardware store
Yup, gotta get that sch40 stuff.
In the firework industry we use ABS in our mortars because they will stretch and rip if a firework explodes in the tube rather than shatter and turn into shrapnel.
ABS would be better in that regard, it has a higher plasticity and less likely to fragment. But the one in the OP is PVC. ABS pipe is black.
Edit: And I’m pretty sure ABS doesn’t show either.