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Here's a pic of the frame: https://i.imgur.com/BViZJri.jpg https://i.imgur.com/BViZJri.jpg The bottom rectangle is 12" x 24", and then the top/side pipes are 3
by papa_bear 4y ago
Here's a pic of the frame: https://i.imgur.com/BViZJri.jpg https://i.imgur.com/BViZJri.jpg
The bottom rectangle is 12" x 24", and then the top/side pipes are 36" each.
It's a bunch of steel pipe from Home Depot, and sturdy enough you could do pullups on it. The pipe isn't super cheap, was around $200 total I think. I went with 1 inch diameter because it would hold the monitor arms better, but you could go thinner and cheaper with a different monitor mounting solution.
- a9h74j 4y agoThree-quarter- or one-inch diameter EMT could give a similar look, be easier to cut (if required), be less expensive, and be strong enough. It might take a little figuring how to do the joins, but that can be the case with threaded iron pipe as well. Somehow a search this morning sent me to Pinterest with a lot of photos of decorative knots. That might be a way to do some joins between crossbars, as well. (I hear macrame is coming back!)
- papa_bear 4y agoMakes sense, I imagine someone with more handyman skills could get this done for 1/10th the price. The pre-threaded steel pipe has a good amount of weight to it though to keep it stable, and it took zero skill to put together :P
- fantasticshower 4y agoI've used Maker Pipe [0] for constructing with EMT before and would recommend it. [0] https://makerpipe.com https://makerpipe.com
- a9h74j 4y agoNice. Hacksaw, 5mm hex wrench, imagination.