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RE**200: PVC air piping

To: "shop-talk@Autox.Team.Net" <shop-talk@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: RE**200: PVC air piping
From: Mark Miller <markm@tutsys.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 14:40:54 -0700
It has been said:
As to the test, it would not be hard to rig up a spring loaded hammer.  Use
a hammer blow one time than have a nail another.  I was thinking of
mounting the pipe and .22 in a small ditch then fire the .22 with a string.
 Simple shade tree engineering often works better than the best multiple
degrees, "lets do a formal test" type.


Something missing from all of this 'lets test it' discussion is what the 
test will really tell you.  I have dropped a wine glass on my kitchen 
counter and it didn't break.  Does that mean the glass is unbreakable? 
 Will the next one break if I repeat the test?
Why think about it at all?  PVC is a dime a foot, iron is 50 cents. 
 Fittings are a quarter vs. a dollar.  So what.  We are talking about 
saving $50-100 on piping here.

Mark Miller


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