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PVC Innovation World

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Oct 10, 2011

There'll be about a million of these here, but i can't stress enough how cool it is to grow your own food in a greenhouse that you've built for yourself.  This guy has a cool looking design. ...

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Oct 10, 2011

There's been a proliferation of pitched PVC xylophones in recent times, but a lot of them end up being somewhat cumbersome when it comes to actually get good sound quality. This guy has come up with t ...

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Oct 10, 2011

Overhead camera boom made with PVC pipe, from Dino at Hack a Week:"The parts for the boom cost about $35 and took about an hour to assemble. I might make a change to the overhead mount and see if I ca ...

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Oct 10, 2011

I am anti-oil, anti-gas, and just anti-fossil fuel in general, which causes me some serious vaccilation of the mind when it comes to my enthusiasm for the do it yourself wonder material known as PVC.  ...

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Oct 7, 2011

this is a mobile that i made for my son.  sorry about the poor image quality.  this is in response to the question in the comments on the sculpture how to ...

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Oct 7, 2011

One of the things that has always bugged me while working with PVC is that it is, as it is presently produced, a poison.  Well, OK, it's not, but it contains a lot of poisons.  Phthalates are plastici ...

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Oct 7, 2011

PVC isn't something you want to send to the landfill.  It's not going to do anything good for the ground when it's buried.  It is also something you really, REALLY don't want to send to an incinerator ...

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Oct 6, 2011

After seeing your tutorial on making PVC sculptures, I remembered Theo Jansen. His sculptures are so beautiful. Are they made with PVC? It's some kind of plastic tubing... ...

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Oct 4, 2011

DIY Photography has an interesting tutorial on creating a focusing mechanism/lens for around $4. Combine two PVC pipes of different radiuses with a magnifying glass. Cool project. ...