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Cardboard Tube: Pasted Paper Rolled on a Mandrel
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Cardboard Tube: Pasted Paper Rolled on a Mandrel

A cardboard tube is layers of paper pasted together round a former: stiff, light and as round as the rod it was rolled on. Kaleidoscopes, periscopes, pinhole cameras and model rocket bodies are built on them.
Oqalayo
An hour, then a day drying

Imiyalelo

1

Cut the paper

Cut paper as wide as the tube is long. Wrap a dry first turn round a wooden dowel of the bore you want, so the tube will slide off.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

IphephaIphepha5 amashidi

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Ummese Womsebenzi WezandlaUmmese Womsebenzi Wezandla
IrulaIrula
Isikhonkwane sokhuniIsikhonkwane sokhuni
2

Paste and roll

Brush paste over the rest of the sheet and roll it on tightly, smoothing out bubbles. Add more pasted sheets until the wall is as thick as you need, staggering the joins.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

Uglu kafulawa kakolweniUglu kafulawa kakolweni100 ml

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Ibhulashi legluIbhulashi leglu
Isikhonkwane sokhuniIsikhonkwane sokhuni
3

Dry and slide off

Let it dry on the dowel for a day, twist it free and trim both ends square with a sharp knife.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Ummese Womsebenzi WezandlaUmmese Womsebenzi Wezandla
IrulaIrula

Izinto

2

Amathuluzi Adingekayo

4

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