Things we've made from PVC pipe...

Putting the finishing touches on BERRYKEEPER© 2018, the 10th gen PVC pipe & anti-bird net blackberry/blueberry area protection system.  In an epic (beer inspired) thrash using on-hand pieces collected during gens 1-9, I put together my largest ever  "The Jerk" homestead-style contraption to deny the theropod dinosaurs from devouring my annual smoothie berry crop.  Just need to supplement the net's zip ties with bread ties to seal the deal.

Last PVC project was a rooftop 2 kayak carrier for the '78 Colony Park (Daisy) that worked splendidly and was quite a sight.

What stuff have you built from PVC pipe?

Spud gun.

Trailer guides for a very light sail boat. Would have been better out of conduit though honestly.

How are bread ties more permanent than zip ties?

Plumbing. And gauge cluster 

Frame for a temporary spray booth inside my garage. 

Recent Challenge car had a roll cage that included it. 

Intake tube for my 2007 F-150. It's pretty common on the Ford truck forums.

Appleseed said:

Spud gun.

This. They print the max PSI on the pipe, and I know it must be safe but when we did a pneumatic tater-tosser we ran the pressure right up to that limit. Made my bum pucker slightly.

SVreX said:

Recent Challenge car had a roll cage that included it. 

Please, please tell me that was in jest or that the PVC was around steel??? 

(I know it wasn't your car)

Bicycle parking rack.

Four giant hinges the width of a car for a five section adjustable splitter/under tray/rear diffuser contraption I've been building for one of my cars.

mtn said:

SVreX said:

Recent Challenge car had a roll cage that included it. 

Please, please tell me that was in jest or that the PVC was around steel??? 

 

(I know it wasn't your car)

Nope. It was not in jest. 

(And no, it was not my car)

It was the car that prompted the massive rewrite in the rules regarding safety. 

In my senior year of high school in 1980 my buddy lifted his Chevrolet K20 and made a big roll bar out of PVC pipe and painted it black.   

He told everyone he did it to see how a real one would look but he got hassled forever for that.  He ended up putting a roll cage inside the cab that was cool and annoying at the same time.  

Bike parking racks, and a jump gate with adjustable height cross bars for dog agility training.

I made pilings for a floating dock out of PVC a couple summers ago. It didn't hold up to all the abuse from the wakes, so after fighting with it for a summer, I had a couple pilings put in and built a proper setup.

I used a length of PVC pipe and a wooden handle to make a reach rod to place and retrieve a bird feeder by sticking it out the window of my sunroom. The bird feeder is too far to reach by hand and about 25' off the ground, but only about 6' from the window.

barefootskater said:

This. They print the max PSI on the pipe, and I know it must be safe but when we did a pneumatic tater-tosser we ran the pressure right up to that limit. Made my bum pucker slightly.

As well it should have, since it's not safe...

The pressure rating for PVC pipe is for use with noncompressible liquids, not compressible gases.  If the PVC breaks with compressed air inside it shatters, and the rapidly expanding air blows shrapnel all over the place.

Photography lighting panels.

Light bar on front of boat for floundering

In reply to stuart in mn :

I never thought about it. I assumed the potato would fail before the pvc.

Adrian_Thompson said:

I have PTSD from that device.......

In reply to Papabishop :

Stop gigging flounder.

Also regarding PVC roll cages, you have to paint them with metallic paint or else they're not safe. 

Tom_Spangler said:

Adrian_Thompson said:

I have PTSD from that device.......

The hairs grown back by now surely 

stuart in mn said:

barefootskater said:

This. They print the max PSI on the pipe, and I know it must be safe but when we did a pneumatic tater-tosser we ran the pressure right up to that limit. Made my bum pucker slightly.

As well it should have, since it's not safe...

The pressure rating for PVC pipe is for use with noncompressible liquids, not compressible gases.  If the PVC breaks with compressed air inside it shatters, and the rapidly expanding air blows shrapnel all over the place.

See, I KNEW there was something my 18 year old self must have overlooked. The best part? Our firing mechanism was a ball valve with an extended lever, which was operated by a swift kick. I don't think I'll be reenacting that good time.

Fun fact: A potato will in fact shatter several ceramic roof tiles when dropped from an altitude of "Holy E36 M3 that went high, can you see it anymore? I lost it."

My black pipe/propane potato cannon caved in a vinyl garage door.  You find out which of your friends are the safety nazis when you put a tire chuck on a propane tank.