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I am thinking of a project where I need some non-circular tubes. such as triangle or square shape.
This is all for low power rockets.
I was thinking of getting some bar stock as a mandrel, wrap it with wax paper, then wrap it with card stock.
I was NOT going to do a spiral wrap, just wrap the length of card stock over the mandrel with an extra "tab" to glue back on itself sized to end at a corner. Basically for a square tube, the cardstock would have 5 sides, where sides 1 & 5 overlap and glue together.
So, bedsides the wax paper, should I apply anything else to the mandrel to help remove the tube when dry?
What glue should I use? Simple white glue, carpenters yellow glue, or should I use epoxy to strengthen the tube?
Should I even use card stock or use multiple layers of thinner printer paper?
And should I actually do a spiral wrap???
What else haven't I considered???????
This is all for low power rockets.
I was thinking of getting some bar stock as a mandrel, wrap it with wax paper, then wrap it with card stock.
I was NOT going to do a spiral wrap, just wrap the length of card stock over the mandrel with an extra "tab" to glue back on itself sized to end at a corner. Basically for a square tube, the cardstock would have 5 sides, where sides 1 & 5 overlap and glue together.
So, bedsides the wax paper, should I apply anything else to the mandrel to help remove the tube when dry?
What glue should I use? Simple white glue, carpenters yellow glue, or should I use epoxy to strengthen the tube?
Should I even use card stock or use multiple layers of thinner printer paper?
And should I actually do a spiral wrap???
What else haven't I considered???????