Setting beams without a helper.
“When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for; and let us think…that a time is to come when those (heirlooms) will be held sacred because our hands have touched them, and that men will say, as they look upon the labor and wrought substance of them, ‘See! This our father did for us.’ “ –John Ruskin.
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Bob,
Gotta love it!!
The clamps are only half the story though, the brilliance is in the mind of the guy who saw the possibility!
Well Done.
Makes a scary looking picture, but a 350lb DF beam held by two 1200lb-capacity clamps isn't a problem with care.I thought techniques for setting beams accurately without a helper might be useful to others.“When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for; and let us think...that a time is to come when those (heirlooms) will be held sacred because our hands have touched them, and that men will say, as they look upon the labor and wrought substance of them, ‘See! This our father did for us.’ “ --John Ruskin.