Where can i find this... or who can make it? (fit in, Home Depot)

airics · 10-25-2011, 03:23 PM

I have an idea for my business and need some help or a referral. I have a 10x10 canopy that i put up when i am at an event. I need a 10' LIGHTWEIGHT pole of some sort (broken down into 3 pieces.. 4' 4' 2' that can screw together into 10') and that can "clamp" at each end of the canopy. From this pole, i will attach my boards so the customers can see my work. Since it clamps on, it would be adjustable to different sizes of boards. Right now I use easels, but when outdoors this drives me crazy due to the wind.. etc.. Hopefully someone knows where in Vegas I can find this, or maybe someone could fabricate it for me.....

I found it online, but it's $110 for a couple pieces that i think can be done for next to nothing...

i'll post a link....

http://www.europeanbodyart.com/index...image&pID=1304

ScoopLV · 10-25-2011, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by airics

I have an idea for my business and need some help or a referral. I have a 10x10 canopy that i put up when i am at an event. I need a 10' LIGHTWEIGHT pole of some sort (broken down into 3 pieces.. 4' 4' 2' that can screw together into 10') and that can "clamp" at each end of the canopy. From this pole, i will attach my boards so the customers can see my work. Since it clamps on, it would be adjustable to different sizes of boards. Right now I use easels, but when outdoors this drives me crazy due to the wind.. etc.. Hopefully someone knows where in Vegas I can find this, or maybe someone could fabricate it for me.....

I found it online, but it's $110 for a couple pieces that i think can be done for next to nothing...

i'll post a link....

EBA Banner Poles 10 ft. : European Body Art

I'd find a woodworker and have the whole shebang fabricated from wood. Wood ages better than metal, and it will end up being heavier. Which is a bonus from a wind standpoint.

Caltovegas · 10-25-2011, 04:01 PM

It might be a good idea to just go ahead and pay the money. Between buying supplies and labor I can't see where there would be all that much savings.. Then again you can try one of those $5.00 do anything sites and have someone make a design plan for you and then have it fabricated or do it yourself.

airics · 10-25-2011, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Caltovegas

It might be a good idea to just go ahead and pay the money. Between buying supplies and labor I can't see where there would be all that much savings.. Then again you can try one of those $5.00 do anything sites and have someone make a design plan for you and then have it fabricated or do it yourself.

you realize that this is just the pole, not the canopy right?

Tek_Freek · 10-25-2011, 04:25 PM

Found this, which makes wonder if the same can be made by buying parts somewhere. Looks like the closest to you is LA.

http://www.usw.com/default.aspx?id=4

Square-Fit® Tubing - The Industrial/OEM version of our popular telescoping tubing. Available in 9 sizes ranging from 1" to 2 1/2" inches and available in a non-perforated and solid square tube. Tubing comes in two standard finishes, including pre- galvanized and plain with a lightly oiled surface.

Kee Klamp Fittings - The world's leading brand of malleable iron structural slip-on pipe fittings, available in more styles, more sizes, and more colors than any other brand of structural fitting.

Three pipes, three sizes so they collapse, and caps with threaded holes in the center of the outer two of them. A threaded piece similar to the link you provided at each end.

airics · 10-25-2011, 04:38 PM

thanks guys, this is giving me some ideas... i think i'm going to go poke around home depot for a bit... i know i can do this in pvc easily... need to figure out how to clamp the pvc to the sides of the canopy

Tek_Freek · 10-25-2011, 04:41 PM

Lowes carries this:

Shop Mueller Proline 1/2" x 36" Galvanized Pipe at Lowes.com

And this:

Shop Mueller Proline 1-1/4" x 48" Galvanized Pipe at Lowes.com

There seems to quite a few lengths and end caps that could be drilled and threaded.

airics · 10-25-2011, 04:44 PM

wonder what the weight factor would be.. and how i would cut, thread etc.....

Tek_Freek · 10-25-2011, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by airics

thanks guys, this is giving me some ideas... i think i'm going to go poke around home depot for a bit... i know i can do this in pvc easily... need to figure out how to clamp the pvc to the sides of the canopy

Drill a hole in end caps , add a nut inside and out and tighten using one of these eye bolts. You'll have to straighten it out (I've done it - don't cuss at me while doing it!) so it will fit in the holes like I saw in your link. A couple of lock washers with each nut so it won't come loose.

Shop Charlotte Pipe 4" PVC Pressure Schedule 40 Cap at Lowes.com

Shop Stanley-National Hardware 5" Standard-Thread Eye Bolt at Lowes.com

Tek_Freek · 10-25-2011, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by airics

wonder what the weight factor would be.. and how i would cut, thread etc.....

Weight was my biggest concern. Aluminum tubing doesn't seem to be a big item in stores.

You should have some adjustment with the threaded ends, end caps, and the connectors that work end-to-end. With the right combo of pipe lengths that might suffice.

Coupler, that's what it is.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_22320-185-31...&facetInfo=LDR