A Big Pipe Fabrication

Turning scrap Steel pipe into Pillars for a Shade Structure

[@jllaine]

Neat trick to keep the bottom plate in place, I'd have loved to see your method for cutting the bottom of the tubes square.

[@papasfixitshop7982]

Plasma cutter

[@jllaine]

@@papasfixitshop7982 But how did you get the plasma cutter to make the cut square to the pole?

[@papasfixitshop7982]

I got lucky the pipe was never used so both ends had the original chamfer and were very straight. All I had to do is grind off the rust and cut it into two 8’ pieces. I’ve got about five feet left over.

[@jllaine]

@@papasfixitshop7982 Lucky and clever!