[pipes.] Pipe fitting question

[DRR]

I'm trying to replicate the system featured here, not from an aesthetic standpoint but from a functionality standpoint.

http://www.unionwoodco.com/projects/adju...age-system

It looks to me like they're using 1-1.5" pipe and a few flanges for the ceiling and floor. But the question is, what do you call these things that support the shelves?



It looks like a sleeve or a collar of some sort, and it's held in place with a hex set screw. My shelves are just for an oddly configured laundry room, so they don't need to carry a heavy load. Can anyone tell me what that piece that supports the shelf is called? Is it available at BBS like Home Depot, or more specialty stores only (Grainger, online, etc)

[Markintosh]

The term is "shaft collar"

http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=16411961

[Dick Moore]

Generally found in industrial equipment supply houses.

[mrlynn]

Why do they need to extend the pipe to the ceiling? The unit should be self-supporting, and a flange against a plaster ceiling isn't going to add much, if anything.

/Mr Lynn

[cbelt3]

mrlynn... the shaft to the ceiling and down to the floor adds stability. In the case of a vibration or shock (big truck rams the building) the shelves could collapse.

And you'd lose your beautifully aged bottle of Scotch, which would produce many tears.

[OWC Jamie]

mrlynn wrote:
Why do they need to extend the pipe to the ceiling? The unit should be self-supporting, and a flange against a plaster ceiling isn't going to add much, if anything.

/Mr Lynn

quite possibly just artistic license as the upper flanges don't appear to be fastened to the ceiling in any manner beyond proximity.

[Frank]

I had something similar in a rental once. An earthquake brought the whole thing down. :dunno:

[NewtonMP2100]

....PIPES.....SHAFTS.....ya'll are making someone out there excited over plumbing.....???

[WHiiP]

WE KNOWS ya likes the plumbing thing, Newt . . . no problem! ()

[flareslow]

They look like these:
McMaster-Carr

Those are for 3/4" pipe, actual OD 1". Other sizes available.