Re: Don't buy Martin!

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>>Wow! a new record for dumb ideas, fence pipe as lighting position!
>
> Try explaining exactly what's wrong with using fence pipe, and
> also what sort of pipe should be used instead and why.

Fence pipe is thin walled which makes it unsatisfactory as lighting pipe. 
At least in the US where we have C-clamps with a fairly stout screw, it is

very easy to have someone over tighten the clamp and dimple or dent the 
pipe.  These dimples and dents introduce weak spots in the pipe which can 
cause it to collapse under the weight of instruments hung on it.

Schedule 40 steel/iron pipe is what is generally used.  While it is
heavier, 
it is much stronger and there is much less risk of a pipe failing over an 
audience's head. If you have a failure of your fence pipe and someone is 
injured, both you and the venue which let you hang it would be looking at
a 
very big settlement since the plaintiff's lawyers would have an easy time 
demonstrating that you were negligent for not following accepted industry 
standards.

Peter