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Re: [Shop-talk] scaffold clamps (?) pipe clamps (?)

To: KVacek@Ameritech.net, shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] scaffold clamps (?) pipe clamps (?)
From: Obaa <obaa996@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:59:48 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks Karl. The Kee-Klamps look like what I need.  Off I go to find some...
Thanks!
Mike




________________________________
From: Karl Vacek
<kvacek@ameritech.net>
To: Obaa <obaa996@yahoo.com>; shop-talk@autox.team.net
Sent: Tue, October 12, 2010 6:08:36 PM
Subject: RE: [Shop-talk] scaffold
clamps (?) pipe clamps (?)


Sounds like you're looking for Nu-Rail fittings
or Kee-Klamps, but I'm not
sure how small they come.  And they're usually made
in sizes to fit schedule
40 pipe, meaning you may or may not be able to get by
with 3/4" fittings.
Also - they use a setscrew to secure themselves.  That
will dig into your
car's roof rack and leave permanent marks unless you use
plastic screws or
plastic-tipped screws, or perhaps you could drop a small
pellet of some
plastic material into the screw hole and then tighten the screw
onto it.

Karl



-----Original Message-----
From:
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[mailto:shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Obaa
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 18:05
To:
shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: [Shop-talk] scaffold clamps (?) pipe clamps
(?)

I'm not sure what these things would be called, but I need some... :) 
Maybe
you folks might know the name of what I'm looking for...

I have a cargo
rack
on my SUV.  It's an "expedition" rack, and is made of  1" 
round tubing. 
I
want to attach my Yakima round bars to it, so I can use my existing Yakima
attachments.  However, I don't have anything to securely clamp the Yakima
bars
to the existing rack.  I need something which will attach one round bar
to
another round bar.  Ideally, I'd trim the Yakima bar flush, and the
fitting to
connect the bars will look like a "T".  Otherwise, it'd be just
as good to
have the fitting look like a "+", with one bar sitting atop the
other.  
I'd
like the fittings to be secure (i.e. not easily removeable), and they'd
need
to manage some weight as well. 


I'm sure such things exist.  I
think I've
seen fittings similar to what I'm looking for used to hold
together building
scaffoldings, and I'm positive I've seen such things at
Harbor Freight (albeit
years ago in a clearance bin.... 
doh!).  If any of you
know what these things
are called, I'd appreciate it if you let me know.
Thanks,
Mike
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