J. Phil Thien's Projects

Retired2, I'm looking for a different one, it showed a schematic for an air straightener that had 6 or 8 straight fins equally spaced that only each extended in about half of the radius leaving the center of the tube clear.

I'm contemplating shaping a bell out of pvc pipe and keeping it long enough to accomodate thin slots that would house the fins which would be secured to the exterior surface of the pipe in order to keep the interior as smooth as possible.

It seems to me that it would be a relatively easy and inexpensive build.  Any thoughts?

Thanks, Craig.

Question about Air Straightener:

Kudos to Phil, Retired2 and everyone else on this post.  Fantastic!

Somewhere on this site I found a link for a paper that showed a cross section for a air straightener that had 6 or 8 vanes that each went from the side of the pipe to about half way toward the center point of the pipe--Saw it last night, but now I can't find it.  Can anyone point me to it?

Thanks