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9/18/2004 11:46:50 AM EDT
I'm making a canopy frame out of some 3/4" EMT I got from my old jobsite.  The frame needs to be 10'x15' +/- and I bought set-screw couplings to join a 10' piece to a 5' piece for the long run.  Unfortunately I need cross-braces, and I didn't see any "T" fittings at home depot when I was there today.  I can check an electrical supply house, but is there such a thing as a "T" set-screw fitting?

If worse comes to worse I can use these things but I'd rather not pay $6/fitting since that will kind of drive the cost of my white-trash canopy up rather quickly, and I'd feel pretty stupid stretching a $10 tarp over a $100 frame.
9/18/2004 11:53:54 AM EDT
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Not an electrician, but the only type of tee fitting I've ever seen for EMT is the junction box or condolet style.

Will rifle through Grainger catalog ...
9/18/2004 12:02:54 PM EDT
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Will rifle through Grainger catalog ...



good idea, I have one right here on my desk, haha.
9/18/2004 12:11:07 PM EDT
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good idea, I have one right here on my desk, haha.



Then you'll soon come to the same conclusion I just did ... no dice. No. 395, page 549. Condolet type shown on p.546, 5XC70T, or similar. Spendy!
9/18/2004 12:19:04 PM EDT
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good idea, I have one right here on my desk, haha.



Then you'll soon come to the same conclusion I just did ... no dice. No. 395, page 549. Condolet type shown on p.546, 5XC70T, or similar. Spendy!



Yup, that was a no go.

Guess I'm looking at $6/ea plus shipping.  $30 more ain't too bad I don't guess.
9/18/2004 12:20:04 PM EDT
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<cough> Duct Tape <cough>
9/18/2004 12:27:53 PM EDT
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<cough> Duct Tape <cough>



Oh trust me, I've already thought it!  I'm just afrain it's not going to hold as well as I'd like.  I still haven't worked out what I'm doing for the columns on this thing so it might just come off looking pretty trailer park-ish yet.
9/18/2004 12:35:07 PM EDT
[#7]
could you use a pvc t-fitting and run sheetmetal screw thru t-fitting into the pipe?
9/18/2004 1:34:07 PM EDT
[#8]
Put EMT connectors on the ends of the pipes.  Use a 3/4" plumbing tee, and screw the two pipes into the tee.  Now you have a threaded hub for the cross brace.