Rob McMillin

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Nothing fancy, just a little garden stake rack to keep our (surprisingly large) collection of stakes organized. (Jed shown for scale.)

Has anyone given thought to doing a Maker Pipe type system using galvanized steel pipe? The load bearing capacity would be a lot higher than with plain old EMT. This came up because I was thinking about doing a shelving system for certain garden items we have laying around (mainly bamboo and metal stakes). I could also add steel fence posts to that list if I had something with the structural strength to support them. (I also have a mess of EMT that is currently laying on the floor in an impromptu organizer but shelving would be better.) Thoughts?

Has anybody written an offset guide for each of the different types of connectors? As an example, the T connector drawing shows a depth for the pipe end, but not the distance to the clamped (through) pipe.

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2707/6934/files/tdim.PNG?v=1602166108

As a sort of guesstimate in that specific case, I reckon the gap between the pipe end and clamped pipe is

3.07" (overall size) - 1.22" (allowance for pipe end) - 1.13 (thickness of the pipe end, assumed identical for the clamp) = .72"

For planning purposes, this seems to me like a really crucial measurement missing on pretty much all the product page drawings.

Judging by prior responses, I'm probably the only person interested in this, but I've built up some 3D design models of the Maker Pipe products for SketchUp. If there's any interest, I'll publish them in the 3D Warehouse. They're not meant to be perfect representations, but *good enough* for determining positioning and pipe lengths. I currently have the 90º, T, and 45º pieces modeled. The dimensions are mainly what I care about, and are based on the product page drawings.