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Post by the light works on Aug 28, 2013 13:42:39 GMT
I was thinking of solid tires. and, well - having your "tire" delaminate due to lateral stress would bust the myth, wouldn't it? Not sure, if alternate layers were wound in different directions? but what the upper limit would be before disaster? It seems obvious to me that upper limit would the the stresses involved in normal use of the tire. a duct tape wheelbarrow tire would have much less expected of it than a duct tape formula one tire. |
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Post by privatepaddy on Aug 28, 2013 14:13:30 GMT
Not sure, if alternate layers were wound in different directions? but what the upper limit would be before disaster? It seems obvious to me that upper limit would the the stresses involved in normal use of the tire. a duct tape wheelbarrow tire would have much less expected of it than a duct tape formula one tire. Really? F =P/A, most wheel barrow tyres are pneumatic here, your duct tape tyre is most likely not. As such wheeling it around a building site or over any unlevelled ground has to be problematic for the adhesive to my way of thinking. |
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Post by the light works on Aug 28, 2013 14:24:44 GMT
It seems obvious to me that upper limit would the the stresses involved in normal use of the tire. a duct tape wheelbarrow tire would have much less expected of it than a duct tape formula one tire. Really? F =P/A, most wheel barrow tyres are pneumatic here, your duct tape tyre is most likely not. As such wheeling it around a building site or over any unlevelled ground has to be problematic for the adhesive to my way of thinking. here, you can purchase solid wheelbarrow tires at many hardware and tire stores, to get rid of the problem of the shoddy wheel rusting and the tubeless tire no longer holding air. |
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Post by The Urban Mythbuster on Aug 29, 2013 0:48:46 GMT
Also, car (and some bicycle tires) have metal reinforcement strands within the sidewalls. Would the MBs be allowed to use metal reinforcement if they were building a hollow (pneumatic) tire?
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Post by the light works on Aug 29, 2013 1:42:25 GMT
Also, car (and some bicycle tires) have metal reinforcement strands within the sidewalls. Would the MBs be allowed to use metal reinforcement if they were building a hollow (pneumatic) tire? go old school and use baling wire? |
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Post by The Urban Mythbuster on Aug 31, 2013 0:14:16 GMT
go old school and use baling wire? As much fun as it would be to watch Tori play with barbed wire, I suppose baling wire would be more practical.  |
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Post by the light works on Aug 31, 2013 1:58:37 GMT
go old school and use baling wire? As much fun as it would be to watch Tori play with barbed wire, I suppose baling wire would be more practical. barbed wire belting in pneumatic tires might be counterproductive. |
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Post by Cybermortis on Aug 31, 2013 10:10:12 GMT
Using material that comes with the duct tape is one thing, adding other materials is something else entirely.
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Post by the light works on Aug 31, 2013 14:46:31 GMT
Using material that comes with the duct tape is one thing, adding other materials is something else entirely. however, it may be argued that there is a precedent for baling wire, as it was the duct tape of the earlier generation. |
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Post by Cybermortis on Aug 31, 2013 14:55:10 GMT
Using material that comes with the duct tape is one thing, adding other materials is something else entirely. however, it may be argued that there is a precedent for baling wire, as it was the duct tape of the earlier generation. Its still not duct tape You could make the same argument for allowing them to use rope. Unless there is a safety issue (such as tying DT 'rope' to a metal pole) they should stick to duct tape alone, and maybe the packaging it comes with. |
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Post by silverdragon on Sept 12, 2013 6:47:22 GMT
Things Duck tape CAN do....
Can Duck tape (Or Duct tape) be used as an emergency field dressing.
I would say by experience yes.
{edit..SD... I have used Duck Tape as a plaster (band-aid?) on occasions, its waterproof enough to remain in place and be effective when I am working under water, as in the last time I got a small cut whilst moving the plant shelf in my pond...
Therefore, I can vouch for a small section of tape and a cotton-wool ball as an effective waterproof human puncture repair kit...}
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Post by rikkochet on Sept 13, 2013 18:27:10 GMT
Branching off the thread a little, but my Granddaughter wants to know if duct tape can keep a politicians mouth shut.
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Post by User Unavailable on Sept 13, 2013 18:43:28 GMT
Things Duck tape CAN do.... Can Duck tape (Or Duct tape) be used as an emergency field dressing. I would say by experience yes. See page 2 of this topic.  {Dragon missed this thread and started his own. I moved his post to this thread - CM} |
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Post by silverdragon on Sept 15, 2013 8:37:42 GMT
Duct Tape Cannon, Tori started by making one-inch thick plates of duck tape to test its strength when bolted to the end of a cannon.....
I seam to remember it was rather strong.
Taking that a little further, using THAT way of fabrication, a duct tape shelf as mentioned, would be no problem....
So for strength and load bearing structures, would this sheet of duck tape be a good starting point....
And as they have already had a full size plane flying on Duct tape surfaces, a glider should be no problem?....
I am suggesting this to aid in fabrication of ideas that have already been suggested...
Especially when I just witnessed a piece of Duck Tape severed by Water jet....
It was holding pieces in place on a water jet cutting machine, so, the suggestion is, for fabrication, create sheets, then have them cut to size by water jet....
And this is a can a water jet really be used to cut a one inch thick sheet of duck tape question as well......
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