OK, so it's not the cheapest solution, but at least it's a solution.
Maybe instead of joking around you could offer a cheaper version.

On May 31, 2007, at 3:40 PM, Tom Buese wrote:

> Very nice, & at only $37 each, order 'em by the gross?
>
> Pax,
>
> Tom-no more getting sucked into thread hijacking by this cowboy
>
>
> On May 31, 2007, at 4:22 PM, Keith Ovregaard wrote:
>
>> This could do the trick:
>>
>> <http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/252211-REG/
>> Bogen_Manfrotto_635_Quick_Action_Super_Clamp.html>
>>
>> Bogen clamps work great for this kind of thing. There are adapters and
>> other goodies that are made to attach to all sorts of stuff.
>> Non-maring. Also will fit a 5/8" rod in the mount hole. Use 2 clamps
>> with the rod, a few pipe brackets screwed to a piece of plywood and
>> you
>> have a shelf!
>> You may be able to find used ones on Cragslist or ebay
>>
>> Keith O
>>
>>
>> On May 31, 2007, at 2:12 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>>
>>> Date:    Thu, 31 May 2007 12:08:38 -0700
>>> From:    "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott"
>>> <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
>>> Subject: Some kind of shelf?
>>>
>>> When the poptop is up, I'd like to hang a shelf between the top's
>>> upper
>>> struts -- a flat piece of wood, maybe, hung by ropes from a new
>>> crossmember (piece of PVC pipe maybe) which mounts horizontally
>>> between
>>> the upper struts near the top. I can't quite picture what I'd need to
>>> mount that new crossmember to the struts. Some fitting that clamps to
>>> struts, I reckon?
>