Got my new JLC today with the new cover. The “on the job” section has a tip for using big hose clamps to hold a column together.
I have something better that will work for any odd shaped thing.
It’s that saran wrap type packing stuff they wrap pallets and whatnot with. Comes in a roll of two million feet by about 6″ wide and enough wraps will hold anything together. No clue what it’s called, packing stuff……..
I have a roll in my truck that secures light stuff like PVC pipe, 1″x2″s, rebar, you name it, long skinny stuff that flaps around, that saran wrap will hold it together and hold it in too.
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Email that to AndyE, and it might get used in one of the magazines.
If it does, you do get paid.
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Long time ago I had to repair some old chairs. They were well used and the joint had dried out and failed. I disassembled where appropriate, cleaned the old glue out and reglued. Problem was I had over adozen chairs and few clamps.
Solution was simple manila string and the Spanish windless.
Works like this: I would double wrap around the legs leaving the line a bit loose. Between the loops I insert a stick. A thin section of shim works well. This I wind until the line becomes as tight as I wish. And then sliding the stick sideways I caught the end of it in one of the slats between the legs. Alternately I lashed the stick to a leg to keep the string from unwinding.
I had the string and the shims already but even if I had to buy the materials I was able to do the job of several hundred dollars worth of clamps for about $4. The string and sticks also stored quite compactly compared to the normal version.
I have something better that will work for any odd shaped thing.
It's that saran wrap type packing stuff they wrap pallets and whatnot with. Comes in a roll of two million feet by about 6" wide and enough wraps will hold anything together. No clue what it's called, packing stuff........
Good stuff. Where did you find it? I need a few more "clamps".
-Don
I buy mine in Office Max, Office Depot, Staples or the local U-Haul. Comes in different sizes too. You can get on that's about 2' wide or one that's 6 inches. I've been moving a bunch of furniture, and it's nice when the doors stay shut. Run around it a couple times with the saran wrap and it's done. (Doesn't screw up the finish either, like tape.
You can usually find a roll in the local Big Box parking lot................
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No clue what it's called, packing stuff........
I think it's called "shrink wrap", but may have it confused with the stuff you have to hit with a dryer so it shrinks. Anyway, I know the stuff you're talking about--stretchy plastic wrap. Windows often come from the factory wrapped in it (the windows, not the factory).
neoprene tubing works as well
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Joe.... Ive heard it locally refered to as "flat twine" strange name but lots of the wide stuff laying around in the yard at Menards and nobody seems to care if you take the end rolls even when they check you out at the exit gate.
You can get it in many widths. I have 4" and 18"
The 18" is handy for wrapping up household stuff to protect from dust when remodeling
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Around here its called shrink wrap too.
I used it to secure a one ton load of outcropping. That stuff will hold anything if you give it enough wraps.
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I always called it "flat twine" ... till the last time I tried to buy some ...
ended up calling it ...
"You know, the saran wrap stuff that U guys use to wrap the end of loose mouldings and stuff before you put them on the ladder racks" ...
that was the only "name" that got someone's brain working enough to tell me where in the store it was located.
Jeff
Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
Yup, that's the stuff.
Handy isn't it?
Joe H
I see Office Depot calls it Stretch Wrap Film.
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"pallet wrap" comes in 3' wide rolls..a real bear to unwind, it sticks to it self as well as other stuff.
Any Freight hauler can get it for you. Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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