Pipe fitting a little different way

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I found this thread, and figured I'd bring it over here.The writer is a bit impressed with himself, but all in all knows what he's doing when it comes to fence building and basic pipe fitting.http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/s.../o/all/fpart/1Appreciation Gains You Recognition-
Reply:Franz, thanks for the link. I may have a project that I will put that to good use.
Reply:The writer is a bit impressed with himself, Franz, A shared trait, perhaps?
Reply:TractorByNet is a site I frequent, and Wroughtn harv has done some pretty neat projects.  He has posted pics of stuff around his shop, and it looks like a fun place........................chim
Reply:Originally posted by Henro The writer is a bit impressed with himself, Franz, A shared trait, perhaps?
Reply:When one can do the quality and creative work like he can, he has earned the right to be a bit impressed with himself!
Reply:Franz,When you take the time to share information and years of experience with others, that's called helpful and informative.  To call somebody names for trying to help the rest of us out with projects is juvenile and disrespectful.
Reply:lets all cry about it guys. everyone has there opions
Reply:I wish I impressed myself.
Reply:TpnTX, Not so hard to do-- Start with small things and build on that.Just bein' able to get out of the rack is good enuff some days
Reply:good idea ,but coping pipe is too easy though and looks cleaner too!
Reply:Originally Posted by ArkLaTex Weldinggood idea ,but coping pipe is too easy though and looks cleaner too!
Reply:Originally Posted by ArkLaTex Weldinggood idea ,but coping pipe is too easy though and looks cleaner too!
Reply:Originally Posted by wroughtn_harvI didn't develop this for the competent fitter-weldor.It's sorta like the single phase welding machine when you think about it.  Before single phase electric welders became available the only way to get something electrically welded was to have a professional shop with three phase power do it.This connector enables a homeowner to weld up a pipe fence with just as strong a joints as if they purchased pre-notched or coped pipe.If you look at the connector closely and consider how it fits you will see there is the same amount of contact area as a competently coped joint provides.We not only provided the connectors or fittings if you will.  We also provide a set of four Vice Grip based tools that enables the installer to easily build a pipe fence.The first question I always get on this fitting is "what about corners and gates?"That's a snap.  Only a seasoned professional fence installer does his post setting by eye.  Everyone else uses a string.  This connector is the cat's meow for them.  They only have to put their corner, gate, and end posts on one side of the string.  And then all of the in between posts are placed on the other side of the string.  That way the only joints that needed to be fitted or coped or notched in the field will be the end, gate, or corner posts.  And we can provide short coped pieces that do that if necessary.This product was designed to help two groups do a job easier.  The first group of course was the pipe fence builder.  Consider the time and skill level it requires to build a conventional four rail pipe fence using two inch (2 3/8) pipe.  Then consider what it takes in skill and time to build the same fence using the connectors.  It's almost like comparing using a post hole diggers to a tractor powered post hold auger set up.The other group this product was designed to help was the do it yourselfer with minimum welding skills.BTW there's an interesting story about how this thing came about.  I had set up a deal where my Vogel pipe notcher was put in a punch press.  A friend of mine's crew was punching out double notched pieces that did the same thing as the pipe ring does now.One of this men is an old country boy that says little and thinks a lot.  He asked me what I thought about building a jig for the punch press that would compress a piece of half inch long two inch pipe to provide the same thing they were doing with the notcher.I didn't get it and politely thanked him.When I came up to see how it was going a couple of days later he had a jig made and showed me his idea.His idea is not only better than mine.  It allows the matching of two and three eighths to two and three eighths.  Two and seven eighths and two and seven eighths, or a combination of two and three eighths and two and seven eighths.So you can have two and seven eighths posts with two and three eights rails or vice versa or any combination like a fence with two and seven eighths posts with a two and seven eighths top rail and two and three eighths three or four bottom rails.