PVC Man - Book Tablet Holder Display
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- PVC Man - Book Tablet Holder Display
Today I am introducing the PVC Man. He is easy to build and fun to play with. I love to place him in different positions to see everything he can do.
He is great at relaxing on the porch, holding a tablet or book, watching TV, Meditating, and shooting our rubber band machine gun. He can be positioned in a funny way to propose or maybe beg. He would even make a great addition to a Library. The positions are endless and everyone can enjoy him.
Body:
To make the body you will need:
10 Elbows
4 End Caps
1 T-connector
1 4-way
8 3-inch pipes
1 6-inch pipe
6 1.25-inch pipes
The assembly is simple and straight forward. The 4-way is at the top and connects the body to the shoulders with the 1.25-inch pipes. The T-connector is at the bottom and attaches the legs to the body with the 1.25-inch pipes.
Each body joint uses an Elbow for maximum turning range. And the end caps are the feet and hands. The feet are also connected with the 1.25-inch pipes.
It is very simple and easy.
Head:
After making the body, I wanted to make the head to be proportional, so I first used an old baseball. I carefully drilled a hole just big enough for the PVC to slide inside. It looked great and any baseball fan should love it.
I liked it, but thought it was missing something. A light bulb is a great idea, but that would take some additional wiring and there is a chance of breaking.
So I started playing with some more PVC and came up with an easy to assemble head. This new head makes our creation look more like a robot.
To make the head you will need:
1.5-inch section of 1/2-inch pipe
1/2-inch to 3/4-inch adaptor
3/4-inch coupling
1-inch End Cap
1-inch section of 1.5 inch pipe
1.5-inch End Cap
The only modification I made with these parts was to cut the 3/4-inch coupling in half so it would sit flush in the end cap. Then, starting from the smallest to largest, I pressed each piece into the next. All of the parts slid in without much effort. The head then fit nicely on to the body.
The PVC Man is fun to play with and looks great on any shelf reading a book. You can place him in many positions and locations for a good laugh.
He can be used as a Tablet holder, book holder, and makes a great display holder for my PVC Airsoft Gun that I made in a previous video.
And I am sure you can think of many other ways to use him in your home or at the office.
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Use of video content for personal projects is at your own risk. Just remember that PVC is only a form of hard plastic. It can and will break if too much weight or force is applied and injuries can occur.
Love it, purchased back in 1999 a robot lamp for my son's room...he loved it! It was about 5' tall and looked a lot like yours just taller and with a big light as a head and in his hands were night lights...🥰
I am the one that adopted Rogue and she is doing get and very much one of a kind personalities.
Una belleza un gran invento con materiales tan fácil de conseguir .. Gracias por el video
Love this! Will make a few of these for the kids and a friend recovering from back surgery.
I am making one this week!!
Sooo coool design I'll try tomorrow 👌💚👏👏👏👏💚thanks for sharing . I'll paint it green or maybe navy-blue💚
Muy gracioso...
Muy bonito...
Muy útil...
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Awesome idea! I will be making these in different sizes for multiple uses.
This is BRILLIANT! I have to try making this as soon as I can.
+BookWyrm HorndOne Have fun building
Thanks!
Just had a thought; double the parts for the legs/feet, replace the T-connector with a 5-way connector. Assemble as instructed, but making 4 legs with feet. Will try this when I assemble all the parts.
Thank you for the inspiration! I made one guy with 40 mm pipes and doubled the lengths, painted the upper body gold and gave him red pants with gold shoes.
I used a small flower pot with ferns for the head and now he sits on my picket fence, drawing a lot of attention!
I only wonder how long the acrylic spray paint would stay on...
very cool, enjoy all your creations and look forward to each one, keep em comming
+Jacks Boys Thanks
Every home needs a "PVC Man"! Great video, thanks...
+brendon080909 Thank you
Wow! One of the most creative DIYs on youtube!
+aryan khatri Thank you
Love this idea. Gonna make one for myself
Would be awesome as hell to see an industrial sized one lol much less one made of thicker pipes (maybe 3 inches and up) it would be like a half/life size buddy 😁 I'm gonna build one this week using 4 inch pvc.
This is the best thing ever. Wow!!!!
love it ..just wow
+madison powell thanks
Would you happen to remember the diameter of the pipes used?
I'm assuming the measurements given are the lengths?
+madison powell The pipes are 1/2 inch size
LOVE IT!!
Matt says we need two of those! Soooo ........I guess we need the double like button (lol). This is not only fun, but really, really useful! My iPad needs one of these. Gotta go.........off to the hardware store :) Jen
+Christian Adventure Films
LOL, have fun creating it.
That's awesome! I'm making it right now!
Love these videos....can wait to make one!
+Aloha Islanders Thank you
So Cool!
Awesome video, thanks much. Just created mine, increased the backbone height to suit my needs :-)
I saw your video this morning. I picked up the pipe and a cutter at the hardware store this afternoon. I built it on the hood of my car in the parking lot.
The only issue I have is that the brand PVC at the store is apparently not the same as yours. The 1" cap does not fit. I'm going to cut the ends of a 1/2" to 1-1/2" bushing and fit straight from the body to the 1-1/2" cap, instead.
Excellent videos. So happy to have discovered you.
By the way, I'm a near 66 year-old-woman. : )
+tanalee09 Sometimes the PVC tolerances are not the same with every brand. I am so glad you were able to find a fix for the problem. Thanks for joining our channel.
Excellent. One of your coolest creations yet. Nicely done. Don
+Winkiedoodles Thanks brother
That is way cool! I love it! I want one for my classroom next school year.
Brilliant and Cute..thankyou
Thanks
Looks pretty cool!!
Excelente idea!!!
very cool
Great Video!
Thank you
oh man that is sooo cool !
+Tom Cote (Food Snot Food Reviews) Thanks brother. I figured you might build one for the kids.
That's pretty cool
+Flame Boy Thank you
So funny I love the guy!
you are the best
+Karamchand Jaggernath Thank you
sweet!!!
+John Morales Thanks
Just stop! My husband is gonna think I'm pluming a house with the list of pvc I keep having him pick up. lol! adding this to the to do list for Christmas. thanks for sharing!
+Simple Living Mom LOL, thank you
Perfect...
Awesome
Genius!
I made a parachute for mine :-)
+Kim Osborne
Great idea! Have you lanched him off any buildings yet?
+Specific Love Creations yes! I went up to an old abandoned bulding that's probably about 300 feet I lounged him there.
he also makes a good lamp
Hola puedes pasar las medidas por escrito?? No entendí muy bien el audio porfavor, está genial
witty!!
A few questions, please...What brand PVC pipe did you use for this project? Do you buy wholesale? Online or local? ... How do you keep the pipe from slipping out of the sockets? I'm thinking of either roughing up the ends or putting a skinny strip of friction tape on them.
+tanalee09 I buy whatever brand the local hardware stores are selling. Nothing fancy. I did purchase some speciality joints once but not for this project. Unfortunately PVC is not held to perfect tolerances, so each batch can be slightly different. Anytime I have a joint that slips out easily, I add a small piece of clear tape. And that usually does the trick.
+Specific Love Creations Thank you. I saw some places online where the fittings are quite cheap, like 17 cents for an elbow. I paid 49 cents at a local hardware store. I think Lowes has them for 29. A few people have asked for one, so I'm looking for the least expensive, of course. My original was about $15.
Thanks again! Beautifully done video and list!
I made one by guess every one liked if I get the correct measurements will be good
muy bueno
+Mercedes Ramos thanks
Thank you for your help :)
I need one at work love him. Do you sell them?
+Leilani Wood Not right now, but maybe in the future.
Wonderful, where to buy all these pvc parts ?
Got most of them at Lowe's and Home Depot
is it strong enough to support cake? i want to try this for a cake structure!! thanks
If you cement all of the pieces in place, it should be able to support a small to midsize cake. I would NOT try a large wedding cake.
I was wondering what type of adaptor is it? I have been looking on the home depot website because i don't have a Lowe's near me, and all i could find was male and female 1/2 to 3/4 inch adaptors and it doesn't look like the one in the video? Is there another type of adaptor I am missing? I would like to know. :)
what adaptor? the cross? or the tee?
what adaptor? the cross? or the tee?
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In Italy this type of material does not exist ... there is a site or product brand to buy online?
I teach a 4-h maker projects and last year the kids made robo lamps. One 6yr old child made your man and made him into a lamp. She adding a SM piece of pvc at the neck and then a 45coupling. In the coupling we added a lamp socket and threaded the wires through the body and out the back. She won 1st place at our county fair. I'm not sure how to add a picture here or I would.
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What diameter pipes are you using?
Everything is 1/2" (except the head of course)
How thick are the elbows
They are all 1/2 inch pipe and fittings.
Can you make a tv,dvd, cable, phone and vcr remote stand?
what is diameter of pvc pipe for body and pipe elbows?
+311pmg The body is all 1/2 inch pipe and elbows
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Hi 👋 m trying to make the head part I f the robot but I’m confused can you show me in steps , please help me thanks
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