Doug Miller wrote:
"Lew Hodgett" wrote in news:51d5c6bc$0$1567$c3e8da3
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"Gramp's shop" wrote:

It's glue-up time for the bench base and I needed some 6-foot
clamps. I have one 8-foot pipe clamp and was going to spring for
two more 8 footers until the local Ace reported the pipe runs 25
cents and inch. Kinda takes your breath away.

I bought a couple of wonder dogs on my recent trip to Lee Valley.
Screwed a foot on to one end of a 2x4 and drilled a 3/4 inch hole
for the dog at the other and, voila, problem solved.
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These days plumbing distributors sell precut and threaded pipe nipples
produced by specialty suppliers who do nothing but produce pipe
nipples.

10 ft max and typically over night availability.

Cutting and threading a standard size nipple at the local distributor
or hardware
store these days just isn't competitive any more.
Lowe's and Home Depot seem to think it's competitive: you can walk into any of their stores
and get 10' sections of pipe cut to whatever length you need, and threaded on the spot.

What's not competitive is buying pipe online: anything you might possibly save on the cost
of the pipe is more than consumed by the cost of shipping.

Menards, if you happen to have one local, has them ready to go--lots of
common lengths.