I found an adjustable container at Office Depot for $15, but I cannot find it online.
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Cardboard shipping tube.
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I bought a map of shipwrecks in the DelMarVa area and it came in a nice clear plastic tube with red endcaps. I think I paid $10-20 for the poster and I use the tube for my mats. It is just over 3' long.
I got it at the Assategue Island nature center, not sure if you are close or whatever but I would check out nature centers in your area and sciency stores that may sell poster maps in some type of tube. probably better and cheaper than trying to just buy a tube.
Link to the poster I got.
It is remarkably easy to make a sturdy tube out of just about any flat, flexible material. You can make it any size you want and cap the ends with plastic lids from small cans of nuts. You probably have what you need lying around your house already.
I keep my roll up mats in a shipping tube that was used to ship me something. I lost the plastic end caps years ago, so I just used packing tape and a cut down plastic lid from something to create a flip top on each side which I secure with a rubber band. Has worked for several years so far. I have to periodically replace the rubber band when it breaks. No biggie.
Go to a DIY store and get a length of PVC tube. I'm not sure on the cost, but I would think it would be cheap for the parts and what you are trying to do. You could even spray paint it.
Go to a DIY store and get a length of PVC tube. I'm not sure on the cost, but I would think it would be cheap for the parts and what you are trying to do. You could even spray paint it.
This is what I was thinking.