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McWire - one part missing

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MattK

McWire - one part missing
August 01, 2008 05:00PM

Registered: 15 years ago
Posts: 20

greetings!

It looks like I have all the parts needed to build the McWire apart from one - the

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sid

Re: McWire - one part missing
August 01, 2008 06:32PM

Registered: 17 years ago
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bobt

Re: McWire - one part missing
August 01, 2008 09:45PM

Registered: 16 years ago
Posts: 184

Yes you can use a 1/4 inch pipe strap from the plumbing department at your local hardware store. My local ACE hardware only had copper so I used that. I found the the coupling nut was a little loose so I wrapped some electrical tape around it and it works fine.

Bob Teeter
"What Box?"

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JohnWasser

Re: McWire - one part missing
August 01, 2008 09:52PM

Registered: 15 years ago
Posts: 199

The U Clamps shown in the McWire pictures seems to be the kind of bracket commonly used to attach a metal plumbing pipe or electrical metal tubing to a wooden beam. They are variously known as "pipe hanger", "pipe clamp", or "pipe strap". Look at plumbing suppliers.

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MattK

Re: McWire - one part missing
August 02, 2008 07:21AM

Registered: 15 years ago
Posts: 20

Thanks for the help guys!

I managed to pick some up from a local tooling store for a total of 1 GBP!

25p each.

I also found them on sale at Wickes at twice the price in packs of two!

Now just need to wait for the laser cut stages!