Pipe Clamps

The 3/4” pipe is more rigid and will not flex as much. Pipe clamps are extendable also. If you have the pipes threaded on each end, you can use couplers (available at the Borg) to add lengths of pipes together.

If your pipe are not powder coated, place foil or painters tape on the exposed surfaces to prevent chemical reactions with the glue and the iron in the pipes.

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

I use H5956 Grizzly Pipe Clamps and have had no problems.

-- Dave Herron, Boise, ID -- “That which does not crash the browser, makes it stronger”

I like my 3/4” pipe clamps. I have some 1/2 for smaller projects, but for the most part I use my 3/4 clamps. Like Lew I keep couplers around so if I need to “extend” a clamp it’s easy and fast. If you have some old PVC pipe lying around – you can slip a few pieces of that onto the pipe and that provides enough clearance between the pipe and the wood to keep the chemical reactions Bob was talking about. I used a lot of tape before – but the PVC is cheaper, faster, easier and cleaner.

-- Betsy - GO BUCKS!