I need information about tubing sizes.
I want to make a boat building shelter=97I made up the ribs and next need to set up the building ladder and set the planks on a little double ended dory. My shop floor space is just too small to allow for an easy and efficient finishing up of this boat.
To make the shelter I thought I=92d use metal tubing covered with a tarp. I want to have the structure up for around a month at a time and then take it apart for easy storage. I intend to make a structure with dimensions 10x16; peak roof with pitch of about
4/12.My initial thought was to use 1=94 EMT for the framework. There are fittings commercially, available that join EMT forming enabling =91tent=92 corners and roof peaks. E.g.
I checked with the local steel supplier and at Russell Metals web site and simply cannot find steel tube that would fit nicely over the 1=94 EMT. Nominal 1=94 EMT is around 1.163 and I need a over-sleeve size ranging between 1.17 and 1.19, I think.
I have some steel tube in my scrap pile=97picked up at the local scrap yard=97that measures just about 1.000. (some sections a little under and some a little over 1.0) This fits perfectly inside the EMT so I thought I might make the fittings work this way.
From the on-line catalogue it appears that regular nominal 1=94 steel tube is about 1.050 which would be too big to fit inside the EMT.
You can probably see where what I am trying to accomplish here. What suggestions would you make for making up this canopy structure. In particular are there any ms steel tubing sizes close to the 1=94 range that nicely mate for the purpose I am thinking about?
Thanks, David