Ross Leidy
 commented about 2 hours ago 
Thanks, Ty.   I bet you could do that!  It may require increasing the cross section of the staves to compensate for the loss of material in the one that's been hollowed.   But how great would it be to do away with the center pipe?!   Please get busy on this project!  🤣

A 24v wire is fairly thin, lets say it would take 12 mm^2, that should be possible to get strong enough, going with straight grained wood. Going all-in, the use of epoxy around the wire could even add structual stability. Hmm, getting ideas here...

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