Argh. Wire coathangers need to come back. They were so useful. Are plastic coathangers useful for anything beyond hanging coats? I think we've lost an important bit of hacking kit here.
The crankshaft for this stirling engine (http://www.physics.sfasu.edu/astro/courses/egr112/StirlingEngine/stirling.html). I was hoping to get it done tonight, but I'll find something that works tomorrow.
Are plastic coathangers useful for anything beyond hanging coats?
Plastic coathangers allow the model rocketeer a legal, non-metallic way to simulate the sharp bends in the fuel and oxidizer lines at the top of a solid-propelled 1:1 flying replica of Robert H. Goddard's liquid-propelled rocket of March 16, 1926.
Cut properly, they make a hook effective in removing bird nesting material from a drier vent, though admittedly a wire hanger has more versatility in this sort of application.
Yeah, I was gonna say, dry cleaners and the like give-out wire hangers. Wire hangers suck so much at hanging things that no-one actually sells or buys them but they do seem to be cheaper.
Personally, I buy wood hangers (mostly Ikea Boomerang) and use plastic for hang-drying clothes. I only resort to my plastic or few metal hangers for clothes storage if I run-out of wood. I have almost enough wood hangers at this point, just need a few more packs.
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Plastic coathangers allow the model rocketeer a legal, non-metallic way to simulate the sharp bends in the fuel and oxidizer lines at the top of a solid-propelled 1:1 flying replica of Robert H. Goddard's liquid-propelled rocket of March 16, 1926.
Cut properly, they make a hook effective in removing bird nesting material from a drier vent, though admittedly a wire hanger has more versatility in this sort of application.
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Personally, I buy wood hangers (mostly Ikea Boomerang) and use plastic for hang-drying clothes. I only resort to my plastic or few metal hangers for clothes storage if I run-out of wood. I have almost enough wood hangers at this point, just need a few more packs.
-B.
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