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Is there a use for cardboard tubes?

kranky

kranky

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We accumulate very strong cardboard tubes that are 3" diameter and 1.5, 2 and 3 feet long. These are strong enough that you could lay one flat on the floor and jump on it and you can't crush it.

These go in the trash about once a week but they're so sturdy that I wonder if they had some practical use instead of just feeding the landfill. Any ideas?
 
Attach a pump to one end, and a rubber gasket to the other and you'll have a home made penis pump.
 
They would be great for storing prints/posters. They even have plastic "caps" that cover the ends. Maybe a place that sells prints would want them because they are practically indestructible and would survive even the most ham-handed UPS driver. Good idea, jumpr.

They do get recycled but because they are impossible to compress they take up a lot of room in the cardboard recycling bin. The effect of that is that we pay a lot to recycle them because we pay based on volume, which is why I'm looking for an alternative.
 
These are definitely too sturdy to use for bicycle jousting. Someone would get seriously hurt. 🙂

I don't know what qualifies as "thin-walled" but the tube walls are 3/16" thick.
 
Originally posted by: kranky
They would be great for storing prints/posters. They even have plastic "caps" that cover the ends. Maybe a place that sells prints would want them because they are practically indestructible and would survive even the most ham-handed UPS driver. Good idea, jumpr.

They do get recycled but because they are impossible to compress they take up a lot of room in the cardboard recycling bin. The effect of that is that we pay a lot to recycle them because we pay based on volume, which is why I'm looking for an alternative.
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Thats what I would suggest, take them to a mailing location. You might see if a small architect or engineering firm would buy them for their blueprints as well. I am always needing the things.

-MC
 
Maybe try to donate them to a middle/high school art department?

Build rockets? Telescopes? 3" Speaker enclosures? Modern art?
 
You must have been a pretty boring kid if you didn't immediately think "sword fights!"

Cardboard tubes are a gift from god.
 
Remember, these are 3" in diameter. You need a big hand to hold it like you would need to for a sword fight.
 
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