"A few years ago I urged our program to move to a modular mindset for field show props. Designed and fabricated modular bases that use various inserts in corners, midpoints etc. which allows a single flat cart to be the base of a prop, a utility cart, etc. All of this is facilitated by the use of Maker Pipe connectors and EMT for basic structure above the welded steel base. This has saved me hundreds of hours of welding / fabrication over the past few seasons and saved the program a good amount of money by being able to re-use/re-configure our existing inventory of EMT and Maker Pipe connectors. While Maker Pipe has a great variety of connectors, The T connectors are by far the most adaptable as you can use multiples to achieve similar functionality to some of their more specialized connectors.

The 12'tall prisms on the field in the video are skinned in vinyl but composed of an EMT/Maker Pipe connector structure that allowed all 7 props to be disassembled into flat panels and flat cart bases enabling a significant reduction in volume for transport, ultimately saving a couple thousand in transportation costs (going from a dedicated box truck to a small section of one of our existing trucks) over that one season." - Chris

https://youtu.be/gWuFgdu8E4Y?si=_j4Es0KSE19DRJCz