On Wed, 30 May 2018 09:49:46 -0500, -MIKE-
wrote:

On 5/29/18 11:41 PM, OFWW wrote:
On Tue, 29 May 2018 22:29:25 -0500, -MIKE-
wrote:

On 5/29/18 10:23 PM, OFWW wrote:
Was just thinking, EMT is so much lighter, so why nor use Pipe to EMT
adapters and go for it?

Has anyone tried it?


My guess is it would be too flexible because it's so thin.
It seems to be getting thinner and thinner, too.
Anyone see how thin copper pipe is these days?
You can practically put your fingernail through it.

Yeah, the so-called water grade is pure crap. Even looking at a roll
of it will cause dents and the tubing to get out of round. Shudder my
first memories of picking some up at the local box store instead of my
normal supply house and getting that by mistake.

EMT seems about the same, I suppose because steel is a lot less
expensive. I think I'll try a short piece first because of the sliding
locking clamp and see what happens when it grips the EMT and if it
will cave it in or dent it.


I wasn't thinking about the clamps caving in or denting the steel,
although that is a possibility.
I was thinking about the pipe bowing in the middle like cheap bar clamps
do. It would cause the jaw faces to splay out and could cause poor/lost
grip on the stuff being clamped.

I've had that problem with any pipe clamps. I threw them all away and
bought Besseys. No problems with them.