And, when you saw through the middle...never mind.
You've been showing some great examples lately Doug. I think well deserved compliments. Also, your idea works well for some fishing gear. I like to glue on a clean out fitting that has the threaded cap. I figure there's a half way decent chance that the inspections that come up now and then have a better chance of resecuring the piece, but it costs and I only need it occasionally.
Concur wholeheartedly.
I use 2 inch PVC for rod tubes for my fly rods, with about an inch of packing foam/sponge on each end for additional padding. A 9 foot 3/2 cane rod in its bag fits nice and firm in such a setup. It's always fun to watch the reaction from those who don't know, when I pull a Payne out of a beatup piece of PVC pipe with duct tape on the ends.