Simplified Building Concepts - Kee Klamp, Kee Lite, Connectors, Railings

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Ron Arad - Modern Bed w/ Kee Klamp Fittings

This is a picture of a Ron Arad Modern Bed Design. Ron Arad is an English designer who used Kee Klamp fitting in a number of his designs. The bed design is simple and unique. If you are interested in purchasing the original you can click here. Many thanks to Graham Mancha for use of the pictures.

If you are interested in designing a product with Kee Klamp fittings, please contact us. We would like to talk to you about the possibilities of using this unique product in your next furniture design. For other furniture designs see: Vogel Bed (Modern Canopy Bed) & Logue Studio (Modern Media Platforms)

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Saturday, June 23, 2007

Steel Fittings suit small structural building applications.

Kee Industrial Products Introduces New Kee Klamp® Ridge and Eaves Style Structural, Slip-On Pipe Fittings to Build Small Structures

(JUNE 2007) - Kee Industrial Products, Inc., Buffalo, New York announces the introduction of its new Kee Klamp® model #351 Ridge fitting and model #350 Eaves fitting. According to Kee Industrial, the new steel fittings are designed for small structural building applications and provide significant load rating. In addition, they can be used together to form a truss arrangement that offers additional support.

The new Ridge and Eaves fittings are used primarily to build storage areas, tanks, and temporary structures that can be covered by tarps. Other applications include fairground expositions, seasonal retail structures, greenhouses, playground facilities, canopies, theater sets, and temporary or permanent agricultural structures. When used to build a covered sloped roof structure, the fittings can facilitate rain and storm-water runoff, the company states.

Available to fit 1-1½-inch diameter pipe and galvanized for corrosion resistance, model #351 ridge and model #350 eaves pipe fittings both have double set screws on the truss outlet to provide additional pull-out resistance that holds structures together firmly. The Ridge fitting accommodates one vertical upright, one horizontal pipe (perpendicular to the upright), and two slope pipes that form an angle of 125 degrees. The Eaves fitting accommodates one vertical upright, two horizontal pipes (forming an X-Y-Z axis with the upright), and one slope pipe that is angled at 27.5 degrees from the horizontal pipe on the same plane.

Kee Industrial states that the new model #351 Ridge and model #350 Eaves fittings are easy to install using simple tools, and require no welding, drilling, threading, or bolting. They can be powder-coated to any RAL color.

Please contact our Customer Solutions Provider if you are interested in Kee Industrials Eve and Ridge fittings.

Friday, June 15, 2007

PVC Shower Stall (Burning Man?)

Here is a PVC and/or Metal (Aluminum or Galv. Steel) shower stall design.  You can check out this project in our Sketchup Library.  We hope to do an “Instructable” on this unless someone else beats us to the punch.  We ran into someone at the Maker Faire who thought that something like this done in metal would be great for Burning Man (the PVC ones blow away in the desert winds).  Here’s what Sam had to say:

Made from PVC pipe and fittings, galvanized steel pipe and fittings, or from aluminum pipe and fittings, this is a basic Outdoor Shower Stall. Easy to use Snap Clamps will work great with metal or PVC pipe to quickly and securely clamp tarp material to the pipe for privacy. Leave one side unclamped and you have a door. Another idea is to Snap Clamp tarp on the top/roof of the Shower Stall. Let the tarp sag in the middle, poke a few holes, dump a good five gallons or so of water on the tarp-roof, and you’ve got yourself a slick way to get clean when out in the green! Other ideas welcome. Hopefully this will get the ball rolling for better designs.

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

PVC Stage Backdrop

Here’s a PVC Stage backdrop that served as the backdrop for a school play.  This kind of structure could easily be constructed with our Snap PVC Fittings. Step by Step instructions for building this can be found at Instructables. [link] found via.

See also: Simple Theater Stage Plan, Theatrical Lighting Rack

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

PVC Hoophouse (Greenhouse)

Here are some instructions to build a PVC Hoophouse from The Westside Gardener [ link ].  This structure could be constructed with our PVC fittings and clamps.

Travis Saling said:

An unheated PVC hoophouse can be a useful addition to your garden. It keeps excessive rain off the plants, blocks the wind, raises daytime temperatures 5-10 degrees (and often much more), and keeps frosts and heavy dew off the leaves. This can extend your warm-season gardening a month or more at both ends, and makes it possible for year-round gardeners to grow a wider variety of plants through the winter.

PVC Boats!

Here are a couple of PVC projects that you could build using pvc fittings.

PVC John Boat [ link ]

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PVC Kayak [ link ]