PVC Innovation News
News: How to Make a Turkish-Style War Bow from PVC Pipe
This is a build-along for making a flattened PVC pipe bow. This style of bow made with PVC is more durable than the non-flattened kind, and looks more authentic. This bow, when finished, drew about 80# at 28".
MacGyver Would Be Proud: DIY Canoe from PVC Pipe, Duct Tape and Plastic
What would MacGyver do if he was stranded on a trash dump in the middle of the ocean? If he had the right supplies, chances are he'd come up with something very similar to this PVC and duct tape boat. C'mon, we all know MacGyver always has duct tape on him!
News: The Amazing PVC Pipe Music of Kent Jenkins (aka Snubby J)
There's a ton of videos on the web of musicians playing homemade PVC instruments, but I just recently stumbled upon the impressive work of PVC pipe player Kent Jenkins, aka Snubby J. His most recent video features a duet with his faux-twin, playing "Wizards in Winter" by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Turns out, he's been a PVC maestro for awhile now and even auditioned for his inspiration, the Blue Man Group, at the age of seventeen. Though he wasn't picked, they saw potential in him and aske...
News: Theo Jansen Again...
I know, I know, you've probably seen entries about Theo Jansen's Strandbeests here before, but this goes straight to his url and has the smoothest video I've seen of them yet.
News: PVC Skein Winder
This goes through to a how-to on how to make a skein winder. For the uninitiated, a skein is the default unit of thread, and it's that windy log that yarn comes in as well. With this snappy tool, you can wind your own skeins as well. If you combine that with the newspaper into yarn concept, you can make your own yarn and wind your own skeins when you're done.
News: DIY Star Trek Mailbox Made with PVC
This is definitely the work of a Trekkie.
News: Organic Structures, PVC and Powder Printing, and Architecture
I've had a few short chances to see 3d printing in action, namely at the World Maker Faire in New York this year, and I have to say, the technology is very interesting.
News: Costume Making Taken to the Extreme
This link drops into a middle page, but this guy has step by step photos of the whole process.
News: The Eight Element Table
This is a sort of supplement to the Four-Element Table, with the additional four legs added for stability. The pipes are squished flat at the ends and riveted on, allowing this table to bear a much heavier load without compromising style.
News: PVC Pipe Pedal-Powered Porsche
Now how's that for alliteration? WOO! Anyway, this has already made the rounds, but if you haven't seen it yet, check this out. When you take a low-slung four wheel bike frame, a crap load of PVC pipe, miles of duct tape and about 1,000 hours, you, too can drive a Porsche without the high insurance payments.
News: Speedy PVC Pipe Sculptures
1000 words, or this:
News: Tom Price's PVC Cherry Blossom Forrest
Tom Price used nothing more than PVC pipes, nylon cable ties, and a large hot plate to melt together the blossoms.
News: Ski Jump Rails With No Snow
Just check out the video.
News: Mark and Joe Build a Spaceship - Ultra Recycling!
These guys take found item recycling to the max. This isn't exactly the most useful application for recycling, but if the stuff is going to be around for the next couple of thousand years, it might as well look cool.
News: Super Powered Water Blaster
I really like home made squirt guns, and some of these people go completely nuts in their designs. Here's another.
News: Great Discussion on Finishing PVC
This forum has a discussion about painting PVC that has some opinions from very accomplished people, including Volpin Props. They go over primers, adhesion promoters, sanding and more, and if you see these people's work, they are the go-to guys for informed ideas on this subject.
News: Make your own Handmade Parade with giant puppets
My goal here is to eventually show every single thing that people have come up with using PVC pipe so that we can be truly innovative here. What I'm starting to notice is that the cutting edge is in constant motion. We, as human beings, continue to improve on yesterday's ideas. While this page in particular is not extremely remarkable, it continues to show the versatility of this material. Sooner or later though, this coarkboard should have a nice rundown of everything that people are doing. ...
Theo Jansen: The Art of Creating Creatures (with PVC)
Theo Jansen is really cool. If you dig around in the corkboard here, you can find another video about him. He makes amazing kinetic sculptures from PVC pipe, and has a wonderful artistic point of view. I just discovered this old TEDTalks podcast via Taylor Browning's site. Fantastic stuff, check it out:
News: I Hope This Doesn't Catch On...
A DIY car laptop mount that uses the cup holder... You think texting and driving is bad, wait until it's true multitasking and driving. Ouch.
News: Fibonacci Graffiti
Oh, the fun of bending sheets.
News: PVC Pipe Camp Chairs For Kids
These are cool!
News: Baby Chicken Play Pen!
With some PVC Pipe and little mesh, you too can have backyard chickens!
News: Roller Slide on a Farm
This is all I can say...
News: Peruvian Causa - Layered Potato Salad Using PVC Mold
A thousand words.
News: The Leviathan - Huge PVC Sculpture
Just when I thought I'd scoured the internet for every cool existing PVC project, this thing came up.
News: Breathing Life into PVC Pipes
Super cool DIY PVC skeleton from the Robot Group: "At this point it is not much more than a mannequin. With the recent acquisition of a lot of cool pneumatics, it should be possible to make a very interesting animated human..."
News: The Modern Victory Garden + Vermiculture Tips
I WILL BOMBARD YOU WITH GARDEN IDEAS UNTIL YOU GROW YOUR OWN FOOD!
News: Optics and Optimism - An Inventor In Okara
This guy made his own telescope, and you're never going to guess what he used for the body.
News: 7' Evaporative CPU Cooler
This is an excessive performance mod for a computer, but ecxessive is good in the computer world.
News: Low-Cost DIY Hydroponics Systems
Not all of these involve PVC, but the majority do, and they all have their merits.
News: PARAMODEL
Super cool art installation.
News: Captive Tinkerer vs. PVC Pipes
These guys always make cool things, and when you give them a stack of PVC pipe, it is no exception. There's a rough how-to here that shows concepts without walking you through the actual projects they made. Very cool stuff.
News: PVC Pipe Easel - Self Explanatory
There's no how-to here, but I think anyone can figure this out. Great idea. I will probably make one for myself.
News: The FLURB - An Amazing PVC Pipe Instrument
With about ten bucks and some imagination, you can make some cool stuff.
News: Re-Recyclable PVC Landscape
The P.S. 1 Young Architects Program design competition is always an amazing event. Recently, an architectural firm called Bjarke Ingels Group made this showing at the P.S.1.
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