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Posted by bob haller on September 30, 2009, 9:37 pm
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> > Well, thanks for all the ideas and thought-provoking insight. =EF=BF=BD=
Have
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> > decided that I am just going to have to bite the bullet and accept that
> > things are a lot pricier than I thought. =EF=BF=BDIt's been a while, I =
guess...
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> > Anyway, thanks for the input. =EF=BF=BDLooks like I am going to spend a=
bout
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> > $80.00, but the shelf will be by God strong and reliable. =EF=BF=BDOugh=
ta hold
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> > anything I can lift to put up there. =EF=BF=BDGuess I'm just thinking t=
hings were
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> > still like they were when I put up the other shelves in that pantry,
> > cutting a couple of 4 X 8 sheets of plywood into eight pieces and hangi=
> > them with $.99 Z-brackets that I installed upside-down, so the supporti=
> > member was on top being stretched, instead of on the bottom being
> > compressed. =EF=BF=BDTotal cost something like $30.00, and those eight =
shelves are
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> > still there strong as ever. =EF=BF=BDThought about doing that again wit=
h this
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> > shelf and a piece of 1/4" repair in the point of the single SO-bracket =
for
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> > the SO hooks, but that would be solo ugly.
> > The comments are appreciated. =EF=BF=BDWill probably be back with some =
other
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> > asinine question...
> > Dave
> Typos. =EF=BF=BDMeant to say "1/4-inch REBAR in the point of the single Z=
-bracket"
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> and "but that would be sooo ugly."
> Spellcheck tripped me up.
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local small steel supplier sells some pipe very cheap. interesting
that some larger sizes are much more popular, and thus far cheaper.
buy long pieces, shorter lengths often cost more than one twice as
long.
me and my best friends have built stuff from pipe.
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> $20.00, for a 6-foot piece of 3/4 inch galvanized pipe? I am wanting to
> replace a shelf in the pantry I built off the kitchen years ago, and hang
> a piece of pipe beneath it to hang S hooks on for pots and pans. Only it
> looks like the price for such would exceed $100.00 for the six-foot shelf
> I have planned. Uses a 2 x 12 and the aforementioned piece of pipe, along
> with mounting hardware etc. I checked with Lowe's, and they are just as
> bad, from what I can tell. Are there really no other options?
> Many thanks for any advice or ideas...
> Dave