Pipes and pipe clamps?

Most all of the Big Box Lumber Hardware Stores down in the states carries black pipe in various lengths, ie: Home Depot, Lowes and such. I am not sure what comparable stores you may have up in your neck of the woods.

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

I bought regular galvanized pipe from Home Depot it comes is varies lengths already threaded. They also have the black pipe

-- Florida Panhandler

I belive galvanized is preferred to the black to prevent staining of your work…. As Panhandler and Max said, both my local Home Depot and Lowes have the pipe. If you get a variety of sizes you can swap them out for different projects.

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I agree that the galvanized is better but either will work. Big box stores and hardware stores carry various sizes.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

Any plumbing supply store could fix you up with 3/4” black pipe probably cheaper than the box stores. Get both ends threaded, that way you could extend them with pipe unions and get longer clamps if you ever need them.

-- Don, Pittsburgh

Thanks everyone – you guys are quick! Yeah, checked out the HD in Bellingham, WA near my home and they carry all those types of pipes. For some reason, nobody seems to carry them up here in Canada. I found Home Hardware selling PVC pipe, but I would be a little hesitant to use PVC although I suppose it would probably work so long as it was threaded.

Thanks guys, looks like I have a trip to Bellingham in my future.

Take care,

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Even Sch 80 PVC would have too much give for this application.

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Yep, all mine are galvanized pipe too, don’t want the black pipe marring the wood.

-- -Curt, Milwaukee, WI

Don’t they have a Rona Store in your neck of the woods? They have black iron pipe. I don’t like galvanized because the zinc coating is soft and can make your clutch discs fail to grip properly. Plus, the zinc may react to the tannin in some species, mainly oak. I think the old Jorgensen literature specifically advises against using galvanized pipe. Check this: http://www.adjustableclamp.com/cfix_pg.htm

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Wow, I make a lot of stuff out of red oak and can’t say I ever got any discoloration from the galvanized pipe, never had any slip either, and they’re all approaching 15 years old. I must live right. :)

-- -Curt, Milwaukee, WI