I'm looking for a way to join multiple pipes, as shown on this image:
http://slojd.org/wp-content/uploads/...d_mhl-6web.jpg

I'm doing a home project, a furniture, where I need to combine multiple pipes as shown on the image. I've tried to Google a lot after a solution, but without any luck.

Can someone point me in the right direction of a solution for this problem?

 

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We need a little more info so we can understand your project. I'd probably cut the ends of the pipes at an angle to get a tighter fit and then weld them together.

 

Adding to Mark's suggestion, you will have 3 partially intersecting cylinders. The cuts will be intricate curves and will require either a plasma cutter or a band saw and grinder to get the correct shape. I would experiment with plastic pipe until you get a good pattern developed. Just my 2 cents.

 

I was hoping to avoid welding, as I don't have the tools for such.

Looking at the attached image, it does look like the pipes aren't shaped and welded together, but somehow attached by a screwing-mechanism.

This is just me trying to explain in english, but it does look like a round sphere shape is allowing the pipes to be connected via screws or similar.

This is more the approach I'm looking for.

But so far, thanks for all the replies

 

What tools do you have available?

 

Well, actually nothing more than the usual tools for home use:
hammer, saw (for metal and wood), screwdrivers etc...

 

That's going to be a problem unless you can find hardware specifically to do what you want. It might be easiest to take your project to a welder or metal shop and have them make what you want. I have a machine shop and still have to occasionally swallow my pride and take a project to someone that has the right tools. In the end the money spent is the cheapest and fastest option.

 

The only suggestion I can imagine in my head (in keeping withe the above parameters... i.e. no welding) with is to make a plate that has 3 oval cutouts that are symmetrical in shape to the pipes. Slip the pipes into the plate... raise the plate up about 6"... then spread the top of the pipes apart the distance needed, and attach them to the top of the "project". If the plate is the right shape, size and the hole cutouts are too, then the plate will not be able to move up or down once the legs are spread, and it will hold all 3 legs together in whatever shape the cutouts in the plate allow them to be.

So basically you'd need to find the best point to place this plate... measure and draw a horizontal cross section of the legs (as shown in the picture) at the height the plate will be... then put the plate on at some point during assembly in order to hold the legs in that shape.

You could also drill a hole in each pipe, then wiring them together with some sort of wire or cord would keep them all together on bottom. If that doesn't work, drill holes through the pipes and bolt them together. 3 bolts at different heights. You'd need some sort of wedge shaped washers.

 

That is actually a good idea, and something like that I'm looking for.
I was thinking about making a concrete shape and place the pipes into that, then having concrete poured in.

On the image I've referred to, it looks like the pipes have screws at the end and a round sphere is holding the screws... Does a solution like that seems as a possibility and can you buy such parts off the shelf?