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Old 10-07-2010, 12:52 AM
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Nice idea so far - I found that bottles also make good stiffeners when building really large cylinders (big ISS). You can cut off the ends to leave just the central cylinder, then slice lengthwise. Slip inside the paper tube and it'll expand to stiffen the assembly. Makes a very light-weight part.
Yogi (I know it's plastic, but I really didn't want 10 feet of ISS dropping on some random student's head ...)
Thanks Retired_for_now. Glad you liked it. I like your stiffener idea using soda bottles too.

Unfortunately my model submarine project using these soda bottles has had to be put on the back burner until I can get some other projects finished first.
But I'll eventually get back around to it.


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Old 03-01-2012, 01:30 PM
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Thanks Wyvern. Glad you liked it. Great to hear from another Florida diver.
I'm in Hudson, Fl. Where in Florida are you?



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Hey FD-

sorry for the two-year delay in getting back to you! I'm located in Green Cove Springs, near Jacksonville. Feel free to drop me a PM and we can exchange email addys.

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