Comments on: Tube Experiments http://isopop.com/2008/11/11/tube-experiments/ Hooping... Architecture... Whatnot... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:07:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: dimples http://isopop.com/2008/11/11/tube-experiments/comment-page-1/#comment-445 dimples Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:08:37 +0000 http://isopop.com/?p=77#comment-445 HI Rich Just wanted to take a moment again to thank you for all of your hard work putting the camp together. Everything was fabulous especially the shade structure...and well of coarse all of the wonderful people! Still thinking about your magical hoop that I had the pleasure to play with and wondering if the tubing is the High temp or the high pressure? Also is it OD: 3/4 and ID: 5/8? Still not sure how you connected it. Please let me know as soon as possible b/c we are leaving on vacation soon and I would love to have my new hoop to play with. Your hoop has really inspired me again. Have been feeling very stagnant with my hooping. Thank you for letting me play! HI Rich

Just wanted to take a moment again to thank you for all of your hard work putting the camp together. Everything was fabulous especially the shade structure…and well of coarse all of the wonderful people!

Still thinking about your magical hoop that I had the pleasure to play with and wondering if the tubing is the High temp or the high pressure? Also is it OD: 3/4 and ID: 5/8? Still not sure how you connected it. Please let me know as soon as possible b/c we are leaving on vacation soon and I would love to have my new hoop to play with. Your hoop has really inspired me again. Have been feeling very stagnant with my hooping. Thank you for letting me play!

]]> By: rich http://isopop.com/2008/11/11/tube-experiments/comment-page-1/#comment-12 rich Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:09:08 +0000 http://isopop.com/?p=77#comment-12 I've been taping. I want to move toward glue but I haven't had time to play with what glues work yet. Good luck! I’ve been taping. I want to move toward glue but I haven’t had time to play with what glues work yet. Good luck!

]]> By: anne http://isopop.com/2008/11/11/tube-experiments/comment-page-1/#comment-11 anne Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:57:54 +0000 http://isopop.com/?p=77#comment-11 Great idea about sliding a smaller diameter inside the larger diameter hoop....do you glue it? or, does it stay in place? or is it removable so that you then could have a travel hoop? Thank you for all of the research on the tubes! Great idea about sliding a smaller diameter inside the larger diameter hoop….do you glue it? or, does it stay in place? or is it removable so that you then could have a travel hoop?

Thank you for all of the research on the tubes!

]]> By: rich http://isopop.com/2008/11/11/tube-experiments/comment-page-1/#comment-10 rich Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:58:00 +0000 http://isopop.com/?p=77#comment-10 I've been using a tube of smaller diameter. Basically it's what Patrick does for the PSI Hoops... If inside diameter of the hoop is 3/4", I use a 3/4" outside diameter tube and slide it into the hoop. About a 4" length piece seems to do the trick. It also helps eliminate the flat spot on the hoop since the connector is curving like the hoop. I’ve been using a tube of smaller diameter. Basically it’s what Patrick does for the PSI Hoops… If inside diameter of the hoop is 3/4″, I use a 3/4″ outside diameter tube and slide it into the hoop. About a 4″ length piece seems to do the trick. It also helps eliminate the flat spot on the hoop since the connector is curving like the hoop.

]]> By: Laura http://isopop.com/2008/11/11/tube-experiments/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Laura Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:44:42 +0000 http://isopop.com/?p=77#comment-9 First, let me say that Rich- this post is super helpful. Thanks for the notes on all the different tubing! Second, I am wondering where the best place is to find insert connectors (online or in the Bay Area)... and how exactly they are worded when you go to a store. I was looking at the McMaster-Carr website, but am not sure if the tubing connectors I was looking at are the correct ones (it said that the tubes would need to be clamped to the tubing once in- ack!) I'm new to hoop making and would love any advice. Thanks!! First, let me say that Rich- this post is super helpful. Thanks for the notes on all the different tubing!

Second, I am wondering where the best place is to find insert connectors (online or in the Bay Area)… and how exactly they are worded when you go to a store. I was looking at the McMaster-Carr website, but am not sure if the tubing connectors I was looking at are the correct ones (it said that the tubes would need to be clamped to the tubing once in- ack!)

I’m new to hoop making and would love any advice. Thanks!!

]]> By: rich http://isopop.com/2008/11/11/tube-experiments/comment-page-1/#comment-8 rich Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:00:32 +0000 http://isopop.com/?p=77#comment-8 Oh yeah... McMaster-Carr. They're great. You order and they ship that day. It's taken about three business days from the time of ordering to receive my tubes. http://www.mcmaster.com/ Oh yeah… McMaster-Carr. They’re great. You order and they ship that day. It’s taken about three business days from the time of ordering to receive my tubes.

http://www.mcmaster.com/

]]> By: Victoria Aquino http://isopop.com/2008/11/11/tube-experiments/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Victoria Aquino Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:40:04 +0000 http://isopop.com/?p=77#comment-7 Great work-where do you buy these tubes? Thanks Great work-where do you buy these tubes? Thanks

]]> By: rich http://isopop.com/2008/11/11/tube-experiments/comment-page-1/#comment-6 rich Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:14:43 +0000 http://isopop.com/?p=77#comment-6 http://www.hooping.org/archives/001934.html http://www.hooping.org/archives/001934.html

]]> By: Natasha http://isopop.com/2008/11/11/tube-experiments/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Natasha Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:54:13 +0000 http://isopop.com/?p=77#comment-5 Rich, you ROCK! As someone who loves spreadsheets and lists, I love your experiment in principle and as someone who hoops, I love it in practicality. Effing awesome! Rich, you ROCK! As someone who loves spreadsheets and lists, I love your experiment in principle and as someone who hoops, I love it in practicality. Effing awesome!

]]> By: HooppaiN » Blog Archive » Isopop: an architectural designer’s blog about hooping http://isopop.com/2008/11/11/tube-experiments/comment-page-1/#comment-4 HooppaiN » Blog Archive » Isopop: an architectural designer’s blog about hooping Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:17:10 +0000 http://isopop.com/?p=77#comment-4 [...] Porter reviewed industrial tubes and posted his results on his new hooping site, Isopop. Polyethylene is the standard hoop tube. Of [...] [...] Porter reviewed industrial tubes and posted his results on his new hooping site, Isopop. Polyethylene is the standard hoop tube. Of [...]

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