purplepeas@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 18 hours agoVery gently, I’m suresh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1775arrow-down16
arrow-up1769arrow-down1imageVery gently, I’m suresh.itjust.workspurplepeas@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 18 hours agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squareChillPill@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up35·18 hours 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-squarebrygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·17 hours 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-up28·edit-217 hours 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.
minus-squarecfi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·18 hours agoWe used to make them out of PVC pipe from the hardware store
minus-squaredeepfriedchril @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·17 hours agoYup, gotta get that sch40 stuff.
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.
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.
We used to make them out of PVC pipe from the hardware store
Yup, gotta get that sch40 stuff.