14" aero port, what to use, where to buy?

[etznova 10+ year member]

its your call

but heres an idea of what the spiral fittings look like all finished up

 

[SPLluminator 10+ year member]

Nice! How did you connect the sonotube to the flare?

 

[skmfkr 5,000+ posts]

yeh the one i had was powder coated black and it looks awesome. and i used gorilla tape.

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

ignore PM.. someone posted you the link.

 

[etznova 10+ year member]

yep same thing i did gorilla tape

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

you could get card stock from a craft store (Michaels) it is like 24x36. Cut it to the length of the port you need plus 2" (one inch for each flare) spread glue on one side and start wraping the throut of the flairs. 3 layers should do, simply wrap tape around it until it dries.

 

[SPLluminator 10+ year member]

you could get card stock from a craft store (Michaels) it is like 24x36. Cut it to the length of the port you need plus 2" (one inch for each flare) spread glue on one side and start wraping the throut of the flairs. 3 layers should do, simply wrap tape around it until it dries.

I like this idea. It would be cheap. I would prolly want to do more like 5 layers or so but still, i bet it would work great.

 

[etznova 10+ year member]

Yeah you would really need to layer it up to make it rigid

 

[SPLluminator 10+ year member]

Yea, i would layer it a lot. What glue would be best for that?

 

[etznova 10+ year member]

maybe contact cement

 

[SPLluminator 10+ year member]

maybe contact cement

Hrmm. I was thinking something that hardened and spread easily. Spray adhesive would be easy, but i dont think it would be very strong. Epoxy would be expensive and hard to spread unless thinned.

 

[etznova 10+ year member]

contact cement does spread easy use a brush there might even be some you can spray

 

[SPLluminator 10+ year member]

contact cement does spread easy use a brush there might even be some you can spray

Seems like id go through a lot of it. Ill see if i can get the sono tube first. If not, then ill use card stock as a last resort.

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

elmers glue, titebond... Contact cement = fail in ths case

 

[SPLluminator 10+ year member]

elmers glue, titebond... Contact cement = fail in ths case

Ok, sounds good. I will try it and if i dont like the results, worst case i have to go buy a sonotube.