Pipe & Fitting Crafts

Pipe and fitting crafts range from basic buildings and structures to amusing toys or handy tools. Lightweight designs are formed using PVC pipe, and more structurally sound plans are built using heavy metal pipes and fittings. Using fittings to make your joints allows pipe-craft designs to be extremely versatile. Look at several plans in the category you are interested in, and pick a design that closely matches your individual needs.

Pipes can be functional as well as useful.

Pipe and canvas canopies are common, and simple to design and install. A set of legs are anchored to the ground and linked to together with a grid of pipe and fittings, and then covered over with canvas, vinyl, or other weather-resistant covering. Design your own PVC gazebo using 3-inch pipe for the main posts and rafters and smaller pipes to form rails and lattice designs. Gazebo benches can extend directly out from the main posts and connect in a modular fashion that allows a variety of seating options and designs.

A pergola can be topped with wooden beams or decorative pipes.

Building a trellis out of different types of pipe is another popular outdoor craft project. Decorative arched designs can be fashioned out of PVC and used as an entry to your lawn or garden. Use metal pipe or large diameter PVC for open air hanging plant designs, such as a pergola. Drill small holes in the pipe every 6 to 12 inches to allow plants to attach to the pipe. Alternately, drill 1/16-inch holes and install a fitting that allows you to connect a garden hose. Water the plants on and around the trellis by turning on the water and allowing it to spray out of the tiny holes. This idea is also a great way for smaller children to play in cool water on a hot summer day.

Wooden trebuchet designs can be easily copied to pipe and fitting projects.

A trebuchet is a type of catapult, sometimes referred to as a rock-thrower. A PVC arm is attached to a sturdy base made with more PVC pipe and fittings. When the flexible arm is pulled down it stores energy that allows a ball or stone to be cast when the tension is released. Trebuchet and other catapult designs make great science fair projects because they provide a visual example of how kinetic energy is stored with mechanical devices.

Other outdoor pipe and fitting projects might include a garden hose reel, a homemade canoe trailer that can be pulled like a wagon, or even something as basic as an outdoor shower to rinse under before getting into the pool. Indoors, pipe and fitting designs are well suited to coat racks, a platform to hold a laptop computer, or a modernistic desktop organizer. If you cannot find the type of pipe-and-fitting craft plan you are looking for you can always design a custom project of your own.

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