One of the nearby houses has copper pipe for a railing, but I understand
that there is steel pipe inside, with the copper pipe only a sleeve for
appearance. Not sure you can do this with a handrail, since it cannot
rotate, and it might feel loose and strange.

Richard


Wood Butcher wrote:
I want to make handrails for the stairs on my deck
out of 1 1/2 inch Cu pipe. The problem is I cannot
find reasonably priced flanges.

My thought is to cut 3" dia circles out of 0.125 Cu
plate and solder end caps to them.

Will these be strong enough for the application?
Any suggestions on where to find the Cu plate?

Art