Dumb Question (tm) regarding clothes like poles...

I thought it would be easy to find stuff to make a big "T" gor a clothes
line, but...

local suppliers don't seem to carry anything but nipples and that up to
1-1/2" only.

Is that stiff enough for a clothes line pole with 3 or 4 lines?

Richard

cavelamb himself wrote:
Dumb Question (tm) regarding clothes like poles...

I thought it would be easy to find stuff to make a big "T" gor a clothes
line, but...

local suppliers don't seem to carry anything but nipples and that up to
1-1/2" only.

Is that stiff enough for a clothes line pole with 3 or 4 lines?

I don't know. I'd look harder and go with
2 inch black iron pipes.

Jim Stewart wrote:

cavelamb himself wrote:

Dumb Question (tm) regarding clothes like poles...

I thought it would be easy to find stuff to make a big "T" gor a clothes
line, but...

local suppliers don't seem to carry anything but nipples and that up
to 1-1/2" only.

Is that stiff enough for a clothes line pole with 3 or 4 lines?


I don't know. I'd look harder and go with
2 inch black iron pipes.



Aye-Aye.

cavelamb himself wrote in
m:

Jim Stewart wrote:

cavelamb himself wrote:

Dumb Question (tm) regarding clothes like poles...

I thought it would be easy to find stuff to make a big "T" gor a
clothes line, but...

local suppliers don't seem to carry anything but nipples and that up
to 1-1/2" only.

Is that stiff enough for a clothes line pole with 3 or 4 lines?


I don't know. I'd look harder and go with
2 inch black iron pipes.



Aye-Aye.


The ones that are in my yard were made from 4" (possibly galvanized once
but occasionally painted) pipe that each have a 1" dia. "staple" welded on
to support each end of each of the clothelines.

They've been there - cemented - for 50 years and withstood a lot of weight
over that time without any indication of "give".

Check with your local welding shop to see how much they'd want to make you
a set. grin

On Jun 30, 12:58*pm, cavelamb himself wrote:
Dumb Question (tm) regarding clothes like poles...

I thought it would be easy to find stuff to make a big "T" gor a clothes
line, but...

local suppliers don't seem to carry anything but nipples and that up to
1-1/2" only.

Is that stiff enough for a clothes line pole with 3 or 4 lines?

Richard

I think Home Depot has 2" but you'd have to check.
Karl

Instead of a " T " configuration, how about a upside down " U ". A long time
ago my father made one in the U shape with a swing added for the kids.
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Dumb Question (tm) regarding clothes like poles...

I thought it would be easy to find stuff to make a big "T" gor a clothes
line, but...

local suppliers don't seem to carry anything but nipples and that up to
1-1/2" only.

Is that stiff enough for a clothes line pole with 3 or 4 lines?

Richard

If you use guy wires, you can get away with much smaller tube
diameter. Guy wires convert bending into tension.

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Ignoramus4323 wrote:
If you use guy wires, you can get away with much smaller tube
diameter. Guy wires convert bending into tension.

They will also clothesline you.

On Jul 1, 11:28*am, Jim Stewart wrote:
Ignoramus4323 wrote:
If you use guy wires, you can get away with much smaller tube
diameter. Guy wires convert bending into tension.

They will also clothesline you.

Well it is a clothesline. So wouldn't that be one of the design
parameters?
Karl

"Ignoramus4323" wrote in message
...
If you use guy wires, you can get away with much smaller tube
diameter. Guy wires convert bending into tension.

Or a truss. Easier to mow around too.
Steve

Up North wrote:

"Ignoramus4323" wrote in message
...
If you use guy wires, you can get away with much smaller tube
diameter. Guy wires convert bending into tension.

Or a truss. Easier to mow around too.


That's a lot of hair, if you have to mow it.


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cavelamb himself wrote:

Dumb Question (tm) regarding clothes like poles...

I thought it would be easy to find stuff to make a big "T" for a clothes
line, but...

local suppliers don't seem to carry anything but nipples and that up to
1-1/2" only.

Is that stiff enough for a clothes line pole with 3 or 4 lines?

Richard

The clothes dryer is on a 30 amp breaker - call it 3kwh dumped into the
house as extra heat.

The air conditioner has to remove that extra heat - so it runs a lot longer.

I'm going to guess I can drop the electric bill by at least 1/3 just by
drying towels, sheets and jeans outside.
And - stay cooler too.


So...
Is there an East Side Dallas welder handy?

Material costs look like about $75 for a pair of T's.


Richard

On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:39:09 -0500, cavelamb himself
wrote:

cavelamb himself wrote:

Dumb Question (tm) regarding clothes like poles...

I thought it would be easy to find stuff to make a big "T" for a clothes
line, but...

local suppliers don't seem to carry anything but nipples and that up to
1-1/2" only.

Is that stiff enough for a clothes line pole with 3 or 4 lines?

Richard

The clothes dryer is on a 30 amp breaker - call it 3kwh dumped into the
house as extra heat.

The air conditioner has to remove that extra heat - so it runs a lot longer.

You don't vent your dryer outside? Plastic flex tubing is better than
nothing. The TURKEY I bought this house from used a nylon over the
vent into the basement to supplement the furnace in the winter and I'm
still finding gobsof lint after 24 years!

I'm going to guess I can drop the electric bill by at least 1/3 just by
drying towels, sheets and jeans outside.
And - stay cooler too.


So...
Is there an East Side Dallas welder handy?

Material costs look like about $75 for a pair of T's.


Richard
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

Gerald Miller wrote:
On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:39:09 -0500, cavelamb himself
wrote:


cavelamb himself wrote:


Dumb Question (tm) regarding clothes like poles...

I thought it would be easy to find stuff to make a big "T" for a clothes
line, but...

local suppliers don't seem to carry anything but nipples and that up to
1-1/2" only.

Is that stiff enough for a clothes line pole with 3 or 4 lines?

Richard

The clothes dryer is on a 30 amp breaker - call it 3kwh dumped into the
house as extra heat.

The air conditioner has to remove that extra heat - so it runs a lot longer.


You don't vent your dryer outside? Plastic flex tubing is better than
nothing. The TURKEY I bought this house from used a nylon over the
vent into the basement to supplement the furnace in the winter and I'm
still finding gobsof lint after 24 years!



Of course the dryer is vented outside.
But a lot of waste heat doesn't go up the vent.

And with 100+ temperatures outside (typical warm Texas afternoon)
a little extra heat inside is really noticeable.

cavelamb himself wrote in
m:

Of course the dryer is vented outside.
But a lot of waste heat doesn't go up the vent.

And with 100+ temperatures outside (typical warm Texas afternoon)
a little extra heat inside is really noticeable.

Roughly, where in Texas are you located?

RAM³ wrote:
cavelamb himself wrote in
m:


Of course the dryer is vented outside.
But a lot of waste heat doesn't go up the vent.

And with 100+ temperatures outside (typical warm Texas afternoon)
a little extra heat inside is really noticeable.


Roughly, where in Texas are you located?


Hi R^3

Just east of Dallas.
Right between Plano and Mesquite.

Richard