LaurieG Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Hello! First time on here so hoping I'm posting in the right place! I have standard scaff poles that I need to attached doors to. Any ideas on the sort of clips/hinges that I need so that the doors can open 180 degrees? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brainwave-generator Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 http://www.scaffolding-direct.co.uk/tube-clamps-48-3mm/ Part numbers 138-D and 140-D are what you require. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ynot Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Hi and welcome to the Blue Room. Before anyone can answer effectively I'd suggest you give us a bit more information and background.Are these doors part of a stage set/studio backlot? Or part of a security fencing arrangement backstage at a festival?Or something else...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Pearce Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 The keeclamp range of cast fittings has several bits that can be used to make hinges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurieG Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 Thanks for the replies. They will form part of a stage set. A frame has been made out of scaff poles and connectors, effectively like two toilet cubicles. We need to attach doors made of a wooden frame and canvas cover to these scaff... Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitlane Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Get some 180 degree door hinges (maybe Parliament Hinges?), a 9/64 drill bit and some self tapping screws and screw the hinges to the scaff pipe. The hinges would have to go on the 'front' face of the scaff to get 180 degrees opening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boatman Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Not a good idea to be drilling into scaff bar, especially if belongs to someone else. How about some tee hinges and jubilee clips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Any ideas on the sort of clips/hinges that I need so that the doors can open 180 degrees?Cables ties, a bit of 2x1 and some hinges? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerry davies Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Better than cable ties are 2X2 timber held in place by "transom couplers" though experienced scaffs know them better as "minge clips". Don't ask, there are youngsters here. Scaffold outrigger couplers could be used to bolt timber onto or get a friendly welder to bodge something up with the two halves of a "swivel coupler" sawn apart. Kee Klamp have various swivel sockets HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 See I tried to get some minge clips a while back and no one had them. They all had half minge, or pigs ears. BEST conversation in an office of people who have NO idea what you are talking about. I would go for something like the c50 or MH50 from KEE Klamp however I found them to be a bit on the expensive side, there is also KEE clamp KEE safety and I think KEE engineering. they all do the same stuff but different numbers and different prices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitlane Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Not a good idea to be drilling into scaff bar, especially if belongs to someone else. How about some tee hinges and jubilee clips? Obviously if the scaff isn't yours or it is going to be used for building a tower afterwards then drilling holes in it may not be wise. However, if we call it steel tube with a 48.3mm OD instead of scaff then why is drilling into it any different to drilling into any other type of steel stock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac.calder Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Scaff tube is not that expensive. If you want to drill into tube, just buy some, it won't break the bank. It is cheap to the point that when we need a set length of scaff, instead of measuring every pipe in our pile to see if we have one the right size, we just grab one that looks about right and cut to length - as the cost of a guy looking through the pile for an hour or so is more than the pipe is worth. When we start to run out of long lengths, we just buy a bundle more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbuckley Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 In my woodshed I have a power hacksaw. 90% of its work is cutting scaff down. So much easier than a manual hacksaw or a Scorpion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iains Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 2 x 2 attached with builders band around the scaff pipe face it off with ply then talk to Richard at Flints regarding the hinges he's really very helpfull iains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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