Low budget rainbird stands

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My son lives on a all hilly small ranch. 4500 gallon tank way up on a hill (put up by me & him) with pipes everywhere, hose bibs and rainbird sprinklers of almost every style you can think of from his father-in-laws days, all gravity feed, about 100 to 140 lbs pressure. A lot of the old rainbirds are some kind of spike arrangement off a T on the bottom or a rebar X or some other hokie deal. They're dieing fast. A while back I made him one of these as a trial and now he is converting all of them over when he gets parts and I get time. I just make the base that you can use bolts as set screws and he takes the old pipes and puts a new end on it, slides it into the base, sets the set screws and adds the other end. A sprinkler on one end and an elbow on the other with a female hose fitting. He does the basic cuts then drops them off and I do the 45°s and weld them up. No need for perfection or beauty, all they do set on cow patties and hillsides waiting for a cow to stomp them.Here's what he brought over last time. Enough tubes for six but only enough old cross arm braces for two. He even drilled the holes for the set screws  this time. We tack any nut of there for the set screws. Attached Images"The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living and the get rich quick theory of life." -Theodore Roosevelt
Reply:I do the 45° cuts, plus or minus, doesn't matter as long as they are all the same. Buff some of the galvy off.  Simply put one up by eyeball and hand, tack it up, bend it straight then weld it up. Flip it over and add another  at 180° off that . Then rotate and split the difference for the other two. Attached Images"The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living and the get rich quick theory of life." -Theodore Roosevelt
Reply:You end up with something that looks like this. I've done one or two before, 4 awhile back, now these two. I've even used square tube on a couple for around here at the house and him too. Doesn't matter. Whatever scrap pieces you have. Square is easier to get straight but tougher to get a nut welded on. Attached Images"The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living and the get rich quick theory of life." -Theodore Roosevelt
Reply:what   are these   used   for   or  do they do   ?        im lost    . .      would like to know though   ,           like ur shop though>Innovations are what i leave behind for History
Reply:Cool idea.I'd like to see more of the stand you made for the portable band saw (if not already on the site somewhere).
Reply:Originally Posted by Thiel-Metal-Fabwhat   are these   used   for   or  do they do   ?        im lost    . .      would like to know though   ,           like ur shop though
Reply:Originally Posted by SandyThey end up being stands for a rainbird sprinkler similar to this one. Piece of 1/2 inch pipe, collar on top for the sprinkler and a elbow at the base for the hose hook up. This one here was for me so you won't see any nuts or set screws for the pipe. I just tack the pipe to the stand. This is a ton easier than trying to weld something to the 1/2 inch or 3/4 inch sprinkler pipe itself. This one here is kinda tall because it was/is for a special spot down over the hill here at my house.
Reply:off topic   ,   but i see   u have a hand  held   milwaukee   band saw setup    for a chop saw  .   .   is it removable           ..  and  did u build   it     ..        more pictures possiably?>Innovations are what i leave behind for History
Reply:Originally Posted by Thiel-Metal-Fab,      so   do    u have them  all  linked   together   with a garden hose   or     do u  use   bulk     urthane     hose   of some sort    ,    ( trying to picture the whole setup )                                   i bet     they water   alot more area   this way
Reply:Originally Posted by Thiel-Metal-Faboff topic   ,   but i see   u have a hand  held   milwaukee   band saw setup    for a chop saw  .   .   is it removable           ..  and  did u build   it     ..        more pictures possiably?
Reply:Thanks Sandy!You might consider posting it under another title for future WW member searches.Thanks for taking the time posting your projects.  Great ideas benefit all of us!
Reply:I'll throw this one in here for giggles. Rainbird for the roof. Put it up in the summer, take it down in the fall. A piece of 2"x1/2" channel and a cross arm brace flat ways makes it heavy enough for the household pressures of about 65 lbs. Anymore I always make sure I get galvy fittings. Seems like those are all weldable. Some of the black fittings are about like putting a match to styrofome when you try to weld them. They sputter, spit and disappear. The galvies I always spray them inside good with cold galv when I'm done too. Attached Images"The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living and the get rich quick theory of life." -Theodore Roosevelt
Reply:Yeh I need new shingles. Money is set back for the materials a couple of years ago. When I set the money aside I had it in my mind I would do the labor myself. Can't seem to get the body to go along with that idea tho. Gads I hate paying the labor for something I used to be able to do. Now when I think of packing a 60 lb bundle up a ladder on my shoulder my mind wanders off to better things in the shade. Old dogs and water melon wine as the song goes."The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living and the get rich quick theory of life." -Theodore Roosevelt
Reply:Funny most people don't water their roof to grow moss, it grows naturally. Doesn't look like you are having any luck though.  A couple options for the shingles. You can get the roofing supplier to deliver. On larger roofs it's often "cheaper" to have them deliver, than pay less and do the humping yourself. Second idea is to simply pay some "kid" to do the grunt work. That's what my helper is for. I do set scaffold usually to do roofs ( I also only usually do single story roofs like sheds and porches). He can lift them to the top of the 1st scaffold with no issues and then climb up and pass them up to the roof or second scafold level. Just did 2 square on a porch at the Jersey shore this past week this way, and the 4 sq on the shed there this spring..No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth! Ronald Reagan
Reply:Originally Posted by DSWFunny most people don't water their roof to grow moss, it grows naturally. Doesn't look like you are having any luck though.  A couple options for the shingles. You can get the roofing supplier to deliver. On larger roofs it's often "cheaper" to have them deliver, than pay less and do the humping yourself. Second idea is to simply pay some "kid" to do the grunt work. That's what my helper is for. I do set scaffold usually to do roofs ( I also only usually do single story roofs like sheds and porches). He can lift them to the top of the 1st scaffold with no issues and then climb up and pass them up to the roof or second scafold level. Just did 2 square on a porch at the Jersey shore this past week this way, and the 4 sq on the shed there this spring.
Reply:I've never used the extension ladder like lifts. A few rental places near me have them available though. All the roofing supply places here have trucks with knuckle booms or telescoping cranes to set bundles at the peak of 2 to 3 story homes with steep roofs around here. They simply boom the whole pallet up to the peak and you unstack them where you want them to go. When we did the old shop we had roughly 100 bundles of architectural shingles boomed 25' in the air to the peak and then staged down the 100' length of the shop in piles so we didn't have far to go to get the shingles. Still had a few bundles and most the tar paper to hump up the ladder. Loader bucket wouldn't go high enough unfortunately..No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth! Ronald Reagan