Where to find styrene tubes in sizes larger than 10mm diameter, in the US?

[red4]

I seem to be completely unable to find an online (or local) retailer anywhere that sells styrene modeling tubes in OD larger than 10mm. They only seem to go from 2mm to 10mm. I've found some that are transparent, but transparent plastic is always brittle, and I don't want to deal with that. Where are you guys finding OD 11mm and larger?

 

[TazMan2000]

14" (35CM) OPAQUE WHITE POLYSTYRENE ROUND TUBING (TELESCOPING)

NOTE: ODD NUMBERED SIZES OF ROUND TUBING TELESCOPE INTO THE NEXT ODD NUMBERED SIZE. EVEN NUMBERED SIZES OF ROUND TUBING TELESCOPE INTO NEXT EVEN NUMBERED SIZE. Sold in standard packs, economy packs and bulk packs.

evergreenscalemodels.com

TazMan2000

 

[red4]

14" (35CM) OPAQUE WHITE POLYSTYRENE ROUND TUBING (TELESCOPING)

NOTE: ODD NUMBERED SIZES OF ROUND TUBING TELESCOPE INTO THE NEXT ODD NUMBERED SIZE. EVEN NUMBERED SIZES OF ROUND TUBING TELESCOPE INTO NEXT EVEN NUMBERED SIZE. Sold in standard packs, economy packs and bulk packs.

evergreenscalemodels.com

TazMan2000

Thanks, but the list stops too soon after 10mm. It stops at 12.7mm. Is there a resource for a much wider range of sizes? Not that I intend to recreate Adam Savage's styrene shop, but is there a way to do that? Is there a store that offers that range of sizes? He seemingly has telescoping sizes from a couple millimeters, up to about 6 inches in diameter. Realistically, I only need to go up to about 2cm, for now.

 

[The 48th Ronin]

Is there a resource for a much wider range of sizes?

Not in styrene. Anything larger than 1/2" OD, your options are butyrate or ABS (from Plastruct).

 

[red4]

Not in styrene. Anything larger than 1/2" OD, your options are butyrate or ABS (from Plastruct).

I'm still struggling to find a good resource for Plastruct. Their own website is very incomplete in its design. For example, I'm looking at an item, and it doesn't clarify if it's made of ABS, butyrate, or acrylic; nor whether it's transparent or opaque. And it doesn't mention the dimensions. It just has a weird code. They also feature something like 800 items, but only 6 items per page.

 

[The 48th Ronin]

Yeah, unfortunately their website has always been that way - you need one of their printed catalogs for all of the material and technical specs + dimensions. It's antiquated and in serious need of a complete overhaul/update.

 

[TazMan2000]

I'm still struggling to find a good resource for Plastruct. Their own website is very incomplete in its design. For example, I'm looking at an item, and it doesn't clarify if it's made of ABS, butyrate, or acrylic; nor whether it's transparent or opaque. And it doesn't mention the dimensions. It just has a weird code. They also feature something like 800 items, but only 6 items per page.

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TazMan2000

 

[red4]

Download the catalog.

Catalog

Our Volume 10 Catalog contains the most comprehensive selection of scratch building hobby model parts with over 4500 products to choose from. A hard copy of our catalog is available for purchase on our website, but we are also pleased to offer you a free downloadable pdf version as well...

plastruct.com

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thanks

 

[publiusr]

Pens and novelties might be a source.

 

[Joseph C. Brown]

Pens and novelties might be a source.

I don't commonly see novelty pens that are 20mm diameter; can you provide a link?

 

[mung]

I use PVC electrical conduit and then go to PVC plumbing pipe for the larger sizes of tube. It is easily available and cheap. It does not however come in convenient telescoping sizes.
If you need a surface of styrene you can always wrap a thin 0.5mm styrene sheet around the tube. PVC glues well to itself and styrene with superglue and roughing up the contact surface with sandpaper works even better.

 

[publiusr]

I remember a pharmacy that had a lovely cone shaped pen..but couldn’t find it again.

Molotow 640PP 20mm (Burner Marker)

0.8" tip, marker- Molotow 640PP marker comes with a larger nib than most markers of the same category (0.8 inch compared to 0.6). The bigger the better! And of course it also featured a really good pump-system for the ink flow control. Filled with permanent, weather proof ink.

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Amazon.com

Tubes

McMaster-Carr

McMaster-Carr is the complete source for your plant with over 595,000 products. 98% of products ordered ship from stock and deliver same or next day.

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