![]() (1) 1-1/2" sch 40 pipe segment form lowes (approx 4' long when bought) ** 2" pvc coupler shown in pictures was not needed** (1) 2" sch 40 pipe segment form lowes (approx 4' long when bought) (1) 2-1/2" electrical conduit, (black pvc) (unfortunately 10' long, still it was only around $12) (4) 2-1/2" conduit couplers (electrical dept) Tools: skillsaw, hacksaw and rotozip (dremel) a bandsaw or miterbox would have made it easier and prettier. This also allows inner tube to be 1-1/2" inner diameter Please keep in mind pics were almost an after thought and my tools were approx 20 miles away, so I roughed this out using what i had on hand. So I took the info about looking in the electrical dept and came up with the following. I however could not find anything at lowes fitting the description. I am highly interested in the conduit tube originally discussed in this thread. post or email me and ill try to posti pics 6) endcaps made of 2 inch pipe ends with an internal 2" pipe piece glued to the 1.5 inch electrical cable 5) the lock is internal not external as seen with most bigger tube plans. you can now have atube for small treasures. 4) the internal tube is 1.5", double the size of the posted andusually followed cryptex instructions. 3) the inner grey expandable two tube set is water sealed due to two rurbber gaskets. 2 ) the internal rings of the codex is made of2" pipe, the external in made of 2" couplings. 1).you can use the instructions on thegeocache site for a cryptex but there is no need to sand/ shimmy down any of the four tubes. the great things about a crptex made from these pipes similar to the standard plans are. amazingly i found this fits perfectly into 2 inch schedule 40 pvc pipe.which can then fit into 2 inch pvc coupling. it is not schedule 40 pvc but slightly smaller. these can be found at lowes in the electrical ( not plumbing) section for about seven bucks.the 8 inch length variable conduit tube also has two watertight seals vetweenthe inner and outer tube for electrical conduit. i have been giving this some thought about how to make it bigger and easier to make.then due entirely to a coincidence in which i was building a pvc conduit in the garden for electrical cable under the grass, i came across an perfect solution.a length expandable grey electrical conduit ( not schedule40 pvc) pipe to base a larger diameter cryptex on. you also have to do a lot of sanding so each tube fits (basically four tubes). So i have been wanting to start building cryptex from pvc pipe and on the internet, alll the internal locked cryptex instructions are based on an internal tube of 3/4 inch which is fine but small and notaprticularly watertight.
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