On 5/9/16, Scott scott23192@gmail.com wrote:
Greetings!
I was fortunate enough to given a 100cm dish to play with but the mounting bracket requires a 3" (76mm) pipe. I need about a 1 meter length.
The dish is a bit too heavy for me to use commonly available PVC pipe... I have to wonder if there is an industry that I should be looking at to find metal pipe of that diameter. Metal pipe is somewhat rare in the plumbing world these days - I wonder if others have had luck with suppliers of fence
posts, signs, or some other industry.
Of course, if there is a place to buy pipes intended for dish installations,
all the better.
I'm just looking for something that I don't have to take out a bank loan to
purchase. Free is ok, too!
Appreciate any suggestions - I'm located in the U.S.
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You can try custom fabrication shops that build process vessels or related equipment. When I worked in the oil industry, pipe sizes like what you're looking for were common, so it's not unusual for that to be in stock somewhere.
Chances are those places might have leftover pieces of random lengths in their inventories. They might be glad to get rid of them as they take up space in their warehouses and there's little call for shorter lengths unless it's for something that they happen to be working on. The possibility of finding something suitable increase if wall thickness isn't important.
You could contact a metal or pipe dealer as you might be required to buy a full length (often 20 feet). If you want to have a custom length cut for you, there'll likely be a charge. Then there's the problem of how to get such a long piece of pipe home.
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL