Modular polo mallet head design

Cheers Ricardo, just what I was after.

in London there is not much variety, have a look at Gabes for something different

Come back to london rik!

+1

knocked up a mitre a few days ago... pretty useful...
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4133/4992705851_eb331e5c99_b.jpg

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Above the big screws are used like a vice to hold the tubing steady. The holes in the side are a guide for you to drill for the pole to go through.
I recommend when making the mitre that you double side the side pieces together so they are identical drilling.

Below is a section through a piece of pipping 33.9mm is the maximum width hole cutter you can use to lighten the weight it leaves a 2mm gap between each hole on the inside.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4109/4992717525_9bbcc326e7_b.jpg

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I take your jig and raise you:

When are you having an open day, Gabes? Max told me everything...

I'm not sure you'd ride that far north!

Have you ever ridden to Brixton? raises eyebrows

ha! Yes, fool. Once I rode to croydon, it wasn't worth it.

Croydon girl? Agree 100%...

I win... From Croydon...

Couldn't find the tread I wanted but this'll do. Has solvent weld cement been considered before? I guess so. I'm loving capped heads with the light black tube but the screws can't hold the head on.

PVC cement doesn't work on PE piping (which is outstandingly non-porous and chemical-resistant)

What about hot air/gas welding?

yup.
PE can be "easily" welded by either heat or friction and it creates a very strong bond if you weld it right (it creates "one piece")
All you have to do is bring it to 280ºC uniformily and slowly cool it afterwards.... master this, do it quickly enough and you'll be king of the mallets.

Cheers Gary.

What is UK yellow piping made of?
What is UK black piping made of?
What are Max's heads made of?

I've heard PE and HDPE bandied about but I don't know the difference. I'm on a mission now.

Yellow is MDPE (medium density polyethylene).

Black/Max's are HDPE (high density polyethylene).

Then you have ABS which would just burn up if you tried to fuse it.

Molecular fusion process is the most effective way of joining the materials but it's hard because the temperature needs to be precise and the pressure applied to the pieces needs to be very exact (too little and the molecules won't fuse, too much and it all deforms).

Very exact. What about this chap then?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuA6d49Z7Rc

I'm not convinced plastic welding would be strong enough.

By properly fusing the two pieces at a molecular level, they effectively become one piece of material.

So plastic welding isn't the same as molecular fusion?

Fusion is actually a type of plastic welding (butt heat fusion welding is the proper name, something like that). But what he does in the video, he basically uses the spare bit of plastic that melts and sets to bind two pieces together. The bond is only as strong as the filler.

Then you have ABS which would just burn up if you tried to fuse it).

Really? I thought lucky/cago works heads were abs..

Cam, i dont have any problem with just screws? I guess your 1 in 10 is just too much power...

I'm pretty sure they're HDPE but different weights for tournament/pickup.