livinglovingsteph wrote:...Ok, I think I have everything I need. All of my supplies are as follow:
13 x 1” emt conduit (10’)
7 x 10’
6 x 8’ (cut down)
"That outfit in Oakland that makes shade structures" has a brilliant solution about the 10' conduit which has to be cut down to 8' for the six legs.
(and, you will need to buy or bring a hack saw and some method of securing the pipe while you cut it...that could be two friends standing on the pipe, on the edge of a curb in some city, or borrow a 2x4 once on the playa. It's not critical the cuts be 90degrees. A conduit cutter with a little sharp wheel you spin around the circumference is very expensive...go with a hacksaw...you don't need an expensive one.)
OK...so, after cutting, you have six 2' pieces.
Get three of these couplings, and now you have a 12 by 20 shade structure:
https://www.ptmtarps.com/12-x-20-super- ... lver-tarp/
There are cheaper 12x20 tarps, but this is the one
"that Oakland company" uses:
That same company does "have a hole" in the bottoms of the uprights, but, they weld a hefty nut on it. Lots of burners have used this method with the straight rebar and the company says it works, but caution wins in the eplaya and strapping the potential flying shade structure is a given. I've never used what that company provides in it's kit (24" straight rebar).
I do suggest you forget about any stakes 12" long. They "can" fine for a small tent, but otherwise,,,,no, except for the last sentence in this post.
As said, you don't absolutely need candy cane if you have tennis balls. To make candy cane, you would have to buy longer rebar, cut some off so it's not too long, get two heavy 4' long pipes and bend the rebar...do the bends in shifts as if you do it too fast, the rebar will snap. Even slowly, a couple might snap. The last pic in this set illustrates that the final bend must be "tight" as the more open bend will not be receptive to the sledge, and, for the amount of rebar you'll be pounding, a 3lb single hand sledge will be fine:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/yea0ZBObgdQZttt53
Of course candy cane would be better to attach the rachet strap to, as it might slide off the straight rebar, and you don't want to angle that straight rebar too much, so I would suggest getting a roll of real paracord, or a small "lot" of 3/4" mule tape (from
that big online auction place) and tie it to the rebar so that it won't slip off.
This pic is of a lag screw, but rebar would work because of it's "texture".
Make sure you make a real square knot, not a granny:
mule on lag.JPG
Also, as said, you will need side shade. One can't always orient their structure so that morning sun is mitagated with side shade, so better to spend a few extra bucks and get one
MESH 10x10 for one side (maybe you can find 10x12 but if you can't 10x10 is fine) and one 10x20 MESH of the highest shade factor.
And, as said in this thread, get extra ball bungies.
THE LAST SENTENCE IN THIS POST:
The 12" pre candy cane rebars could be fine for tying down the side shade, but 12" nails from HD or Lowes will fit thru the grommets. If you go candy cane, one more use for ball bungies of which one can't have too many

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