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Today in the shop (bucket stand)
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 11:16 am
by reible
This is the second of three conduit projects I'm working on this summer. The first was an obelisk.
https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=12877
This one is a lot smaller but it is also going to be very useful. Here are some pictures of it.
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It also works for watering cans.
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So there you have it.
Ed
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:39 pm
by frank81
That conduit is some handy stuff. A friend of mine has a pile of it left over from building his house and we find all sorts of uses for it.
Have you ever tried out the natural gas black iron piping? I made a brush guard for a 4 wheeler out of it, same construction method as you used. Had a nice look to it. Bonus, they make screw on end caps.
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 8:46 am
by da fixer
Here in East Tennessee, this looks like the making of a great still...!!!
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 12:06 pm
by JPG
da fixer wrote:Here in East Tennessee, this looks like the making of a great still...!!!
I thought you were in Kodak, not Cocke county!:D
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 7:15 pm
by reible
frank81 wrote:That conduit is some handy stuff. A friend of mine has a pile of it left over from building his house and we find all sorts of uses for it.
Have you ever tried out the natural gas black iron piping? I made a brush guard for a 4 wheeler out of it, same construction method as you used. Had a nice look to it. Bonus, they make screw on end caps.
The really good thing about the conduit is the price. The 1/2" x 10' stuff is $1.53 each. I purchased 13 for the projects I had in mind. That is just under $20 (plus tax) so not bad at all. It is also light, I seem to recall it is like 3 pounds each (don't quote me on that) so the obelisk is light enough to move around (about 25#'s).
In these cases I didn't do any bending but I do have a bender so that is also an advantage.
Back in the late 60's my brother and I entered a design to the Olympic group that was seeking a new luge design. We made a model out of conduit and we made it though several levels until we were eliminated. Actually we submitted one and had one to play with. That was the winter before I was drafted so my brother had to go it alone with the project. Now I wish I had the plans and sled to look at again... can't remember the details anymore.
I have done something with black pipe, nice to have ends and nice to have the t-joints/30 deg/45 deg/etc joints as well. You can also weld it so it has a lot of options. Back in the day you could even use it on 1/8 mile track cars, bet that isn't allowed anymore....
Ed