That conduit is pretty strong. I use it for my cover. I also use 1.5" black water pipe. The biggest issue is to make sure that the supports don't bend sideways (leaving much bigger gap between them).
Marek Ottawa, ON (we do have a lot of snow, but of course, not as much as Earie, PA) Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message -------- From: coltrek--- via CnC-List <[email protected]> Date: 2018-10-04 14:49 (GMT-05:00) To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Stus-List Winter cover frame - Frame Maker Clamps I tried a different idea last year. I made 20 some brackets that just clipped onto the toe rail and each slot. A piece of tubing was welded straight up at that point. Then I bought several lengths of three quarter inch plastic conduit, put them over the upright tubing, straightforward up and then arched over the boat. In my case over the laid down mast. Worked pretty good. I would have to do a little more support for the snow that we had last December. Fortunately, I put it on just after that, so it didn't crush the plastic tubing. Bill Coleman C&C 39 Erie ________________________________ On Thursday, October 4, 2018 Bradley Lumgair via CnC-List <[email protected]> wrote: Have been surfing for an affordable way to build a better winter frame, came across framemakerclamps.com. Anyone have any experience with these clamps? Frame is built with 3/4 inch EMT, adjustable angle cross and tee clamps, looks pretty good in the pictures. Thoughts appreciated. Brad "Pulse" 1985 C&C 33/2 Lake Huron Anything worth doing requires sails!~~~~~~~_/)~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paypal.me%2Fstumurray&data=02%7C01%7C%7Caf65a35db4924e11f5f508d62a2a1b5c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636742757660939919&sdata=muTLD7ndMBpRv0A0wWorZHuvMawkgGWBm8%2FBgSLrSxY%3D&reserved=0>
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