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27-02-2004, 12:11

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Re: anti-gravity-gas

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Originally Posted by generalbrando

Also, get creative! Go on down to Home Depot or Lowes or Menards for you Midwesterners. Look around and see what they have for you to play with. You'll find strong aluminum tubes that are very light and relatively cheap.

We didn't use any this year, but I've found the best stiff lightweight structural material if you don't need the strength is 6 ft. shower curtain rod that Home Depot carries - it's 1 inch diameter by about .015 thick if I recall. Makes really nice long mechanisms - you don't get the droop of PVC.

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