I make a lot of these, 8 ft vertical 2-7/8" tubing and 8 ft horizontal 2-3/8" tubing. If I am only making a couple, I usually do not cope the pipe, but instead just butt it together and use scrap to fill the voids.
H-brace on shop floor:
[url=https://imgur.com/oGpnFYW]
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The smaller tubing butted against the larger tubing makes a gap like this:
[url=https://imgur.com/fa5UZ31]
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I will put a scrap rod, this one about 1/2" diameter, in the gap:
[url=https://imgur.com/vF41Ybq]
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If the gap is smaller, just find a scrap that fits better... in this case 1/4" rebar:
[url=https://imgur.com/Q4ncPUP]
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After first pass on scrap rod:
[url=https://imgur.com/fe27LY3]
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In the oilfield we used to get shipments in wooden crates from International shipments which were secured with these 1/2" rods. The company just threw the rods away, so a lot of them made it to my shop. I wish I had more. They come in handy.
Oh yeah, edit to add, I also did not cope the pipe because I am currently out of Acetylene.
H-brace on shop floor:
[url=https://imgur.com/oGpnFYW]
![](https://i.imgur.com/oGpnFYW.jpg)
The smaller tubing butted against the larger tubing makes a gap like this:
[url=https://imgur.com/fa5UZ31]
![](https://i.imgur.com/fa5UZ31.jpg)
I will put a scrap rod, this one about 1/2" diameter, in the gap:
[url=https://imgur.com/vF41Ybq]
![](https://i.imgur.com/vF41Ybq.jpg)
If the gap is smaller, just find a scrap that fits better... in this case 1/4" rebar:
[url=https://imgur.com/Q4ncPUP]
![](https://i.imgur.com/Q4ncPUP.jpg)
After first pass on scrap rod:
[url=https://imgur.com/fe27LY3]
![](https://i.imgur.com/fe27LY3.jpg)
In the oilfield we used to get shipments in wooden crates from International shipments which were secured with these 1/2" rods. The company just threw the rods away, so a lot of them made it to my shop. I wish I had more. They come in handy.
Oh yeah, edit to add, I also did not cope the pipe because I am currently out of Acetylene.