miyinan
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good work!
Went to OSH today with a vague notion of what I wanted.
I don't think 5 way connectors exist: 4 way cross, then one perpendicular. (They didn't have them, anyway.) So I think you need to do everything with T's the way the OP did.
At the OSH I went to, they even have screw thread pipes and joints. Instead of sitting there trying to decide how to do it, I decided to come back, look at the pictures again in the 1st post, measure how much vertical height I need for my "longest" pair, and then go back.
I wonder if there's any web-based plumbing supply parts seller where we could just look up the parts we'd need and buy them with a mouse click? And request the lengths.
BR: you used 1.5" piping? At the hardware store today, I was just thinking about using 1". And then just for benchmarking, if you measure the total height of yours, how high is it? Yours seems to be a good height!
Yes, I was wondering if you had "hidden" pieces in the base.
And you're exactly right, there isn't a whole lot to cut if I just get one long piece and use a hack saw. I've seen some with tubing where you cut two pieces at a 45 deg angle, and then glue them together, but those cuts then have to precise. In this case, all the free ends are hidden.
OK 10" for the main one.
I really like this idea and the fact that it can be customized to a large extent !!