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Re: Plastic whiskers on central spindle: Design Secrets Revealed

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Originally Posted by Tom Line View Post
We used PVC rollers, with pneumatic tubing.

A VERY easy way to secure the tubing was to drill a whole just a tiny bit undersized in the PVC, then run a short fastener into the end of the tubing in the PVC (requires drilling a hole on the opposite side of the PVC to insert the fastener).
alternatively to save a little weight...

just drill a hole in each side at 90' degreee angles and stick the tubing through both(they havent come out of ours at 550rpm)

and to power it easily, if your using 4' PVC just screw a cleanout of the bottom and attach a 1' square tube to a motor and slide everything in place
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