Wanted: Some cheap bits of PVC overflow pipe, for a DIY project! I'll buy your scrap!

[pargeterw]

Evening all,

So I'm not a plumber, but I'm trying to get my hands on some PVC overflow piping to put together into a DIY homemade Steadicam that I'm building. So far, I've found that I either can't buy things in very small amounts, or it costs an awful lot to do so. The sort of stuff I'm after may well be lying around as scrap in the garage of an actual plumber, so I thought it worth checking here before buying much more stuff than I need!

Have a look at 3:34 in this Video: youtu.be/mxlvULNwlpU?t=3m34s to see all the bits I'm after. There's a 'shopping list' in the description below as well 🙂 (Obviously UK 21.5mm diameter instead of 1/2in would be fine, but it can't be too big or it won't fit inside the groove on the bottom of the macro-slider being used as a baseplate)

Most of it I think I'm able to find online, but I'm struggling specifically with the caps and bungs (I can only seem to find them in larger diameters), so even if you don't have everything, please reply with what you have!

I'm not sure how the sales process works here, so let me know about that, but obviously I'll cover all postage costs, as well as whatever you think the list is worth!

Thanks for taking the time to read that ramble!

Will

 

[REDSAW]

Re: Wanted: Some cheap bits of PVC overflow pipe, for a DIY project! I'll buy your sc

imo your looking at the wrong gear.

you need jg speedfit 'straight length' piece 22mm.
some elbows and t's an insert and a brass blanking cap with a hole drilled in for the base.

10 minute job sorted. try toolstation for the pics

 

[pargeterw]

Re: Wanted: Some cheap bits of PVC overflow pipe, for a DIY project! I'll buy your sc

a brass blanking cap with a hole drilled in for the base.

Unfortunately, in University student accommodation, I don't have the facilities to be drilling through brass 🙁 It's a solution I had considered though!

 

[REDSAW]

Re: Wanted: Some cheap bits of PVC overflow pipe, for a DIY project! I'll buy your sc

what?
dont they do proper engineering at the uni then?
give the brass cap to the security guard and ask him to sort it with maintenance.
you have to be forward with things and you get yes or no.

 

[pargeterw]

Re: Wanted: Some cheap bits of PVC overflow pipe, for a DIY project! I'll buy your sc

Ah yes, they do do 'proper engineering', and have all the tools and machines, but as a lowly first year there's unnecessarily strict rules on using them for anything other than supervised project work 🙁 You get more freedom in your 3rd and 4th year, so I'm told...

I may have solved it though! I have found these plasson plug - Google Search for 20mm Conduit (usually used for feeding wiring around the place), and It's this (combined with the 20mm elbows etc. sold by pipestock that I linked above) that I'll be using, at least in my first attempt! Now waiting for my 3m long parcel to arrive at the college gate - let's see how that goes 😛

 

[REDSAW]

Re: Wanted: Some cheap bits of PVC overflow pipe, for a DIY project! I'll buy your sc

they look to do a really neat job, bloody expensive though.

knock up 2 or 3 then sell them on to other student to cover your costs.😉