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I've read lots of posts on making lighter hoops, and comments usually focus on a smaller diameter tubing or lighter wicks, etc. however, if you could get the same tubing size that most people are familiar with (~3/4"), just have it be lighter and still 100+ PSI, would this be attractive? Or is the light hoop push really focused toward thinner hoops?
Matthew
Flamma Aeterna
Matthew
Flamma Aeterna
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Re: Ways to make hoops lighter: Tubing diameter question
Tue, November 18, 2008 - 3:08 PMI started with the 100psi stuff and it had some irritating problems like folding at the connection points. -
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Re: Ways to make hoops lighter: Tubing diameter question
Wed, November 19, 2008 - 8:58 AMThis only tangentially touches on the topic. I'm really trying to get a feel for what really matters to the hooper as far as making something lighter. E.g., is it a problem if it becomes more bendy (fewer PSI or different material), do people who want a really light hoop really want a small diameter tubing, or are they ok with the same diameter, etc.
Are you talking about the 3/4" LDPE?
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Re: Ways to make hoops lighter: Tubing diameter question
Wed, November 19, 2008 - 12:24 PMActually, it was 8 years ago and I only caught glimpses while she sanded off the writing. Some kind of low-grade irrigation tubing, I think.
Currently i'm using HDPE and have a prototype 6-wick under a pound and a half. My thick walled stock is 2.1 pounds for a standard six. So, yeah, switching to thin seems to be the wave for speed hooping.
Thing is, newbies generally cannot use the lighter hoops. The featherweights seem to be useable only be very experienced hoopers. So, not as much incentive to break in to that realm...
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Re: Ways to make hoops lighter: Tubing diameter question
Thu, November 20, 2008 - 6:08 AMI have made two fire hoops, both 100 PSI and 3/4" tubing from Lowes. For my regular hoops I prefer the 160 PSI, but I think that the fire hoops would be way to heavy with the 160PSI. I guess it would depend on what method that you choose to you build your fire hoop, but I love the hoops I have made so far, and have no problems thus far with the thinner tubing. When I add my wicks (I have five on each hoop) the hoop gets a lot heavier, so the lighter, thinner tubing has a nice balance in the hoop weight//wicks weight ratio.
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Re: Ways to make hoops lighter: Tubing diameter question
Thu, November 20, 2008 - 8:13 AMAmanda,
So, your "light" hoop is a still 3/4" OD? do you know how much it weighs with and without wicks?
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