{"id":17,"date":"2014-08-12T22:16:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T22:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yehudaheraldry.com\/blog\/?p=17"},"modified":"2014-09-28T21:43:47","modified_gmt":"2014-09-28T21:43:47","slug":"pennsic-clothing-rack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/yehudaheraldry.com\/blog\/pennsic-clothing-rack\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsic Clothing Rack"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year I built a clothing rack out of galvanized pipe to use at Pennsic.\u00a0 It did OK and a friend asked me to build one for her.\u00a0 This is the Mark 2 – I plan to rebuild the original one to Mark 2 specs.<\/p>\n

Here’s the finished rack.\u00a0 There is a shelf on top and a clothing bar immediately below it<\/p>\n

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The rack uses 1″ galvanized pipes and makes extensive use of unions to allow it to easily break down.\u00a0 Disassembled for storage, the parts look like this:<\/p>\n

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There are 6 pieces – 2 feet made of pressure-treated 2×4, two verticals made out of 5′ pieces of pipe, a bottom bar made from a 6′ pipe, and a top unit made from a 6′ pipe and the shelf.<\/p>\n

There is a pipe flange attached to each leg, and when assembled the bottom joint looks like this:<\/p>\n

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The leg part includes the wooden board, a pipe flange (bolted to the wood with bolts and tee nuts), a close nipple, and one half of a union.\u00a0 The next section, part of the bottom cross-piece, contains the other half of the union, a close nipple, a tee (which attached to the cross-piece), another close nipple, and another half-union.\u00a0 On top of it is placed the vertical which has the other half-union and the pipe itself.<\/p>\n

A similar joint is formed on top:<\/p>\n

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Again, from the bottom up, there is the vertical pipe topped in a half-union.\u00a0 On top of it is the top unit which has the other half-union, a close nipple, a tee (which holds the clothing bar), a 3″ nipple (to allow some space for clothes hangers), a flange and the top shelf.\u00a0 The shelf is again held on with bolts and tee nuts.\u00a0 In this version the shelf was a PVC board but that didn’t seem to work well – it’s very flexible and tee nuts don’t hold well in it.\u00a0 I plan to replace it with a wooden shelf.<\/p>\n

Here is the rack with all pipes assembled:<\/p>\n

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The rack can be put together with one person, but is easier with an assistant.\u00a0 I meant to tighten the unions with a monkey wrench, but my friend put it together hand-tight and had no problems.<\/p>\n

The galvanized metal feels unpleasant and can stain clothing.\u00a0 Home Depot sells split plastic covers meant for shower curtain rods (they are usually in the bath department somewhere):<\/p>\n

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I covered all galvanized pipe with them (the covers are meant for 3\/4″ pipe, so the 1″ pipe requires at least 2 covers, rotated 180 degrees, to avoid a gap – more if the pipe is longer than the cover):<\/p>\n

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Hint on buying pipe:\u00a0 Home Depot sells pipe in 10′ lengths but if you want to have it cut and threaded to a smaller length, you must buy by the foot, which is expensive.\u00a0 Loews sells 4′, 5′, and 6′ pieces for much less.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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