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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink39•8 days 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish31•edit-28 days 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish54•8 days 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink16•8 days agoWe used to make them out of PVC pipe from the hardware store
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.
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.
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.
We used to make them out of PVC pipe from the hardware store
Yup, gotta get that sch40 stuff.