Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Making a bottle connector

After a couple of mishaps with glued caps inside pvc tube, i decided to make a stronger connector.
The PVC tube has a series of holes drilled around them.


The caps are then glued in using plastic glue.

A soldering iron is used to 'Scrap' the cap's plastic up against the edge of the hole, locking the cap in place. The holes are then filled with epoxy. If the soldering iron burns right through just scrape some pvc back in. Rough is OK. There just needs to be some locking in. Please wear a mask or do in the open air.


The tubes are then sanded down to remove excess epoxy and a 16mm hole drilled in. Use a flat wood bit. It's easier to find centre and they cut the cap seals with a clean edge.

I haven't had one of these fail yet....


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