Hi Al,
Just saw your message and don't know if anyone has replied.
There are pipe clamp kits that use lengths of pipe to give them versatility.
the kit has two parts in it, usually made out of some kind of cast metal.
One part has a crank like you suggested, one end of the pipe is passed through
a hole and then screwed in to a smaller hole on the part. When you turn the
crank the piece that the pipe passed through slides along the pipe allowing you
to tighten or loosen the clamping action.
The second part in the kit usually is made out of casted metal but it has a few
flat pieces of metal that move around inside it. This piece has a hole where
you pass the pipe through the flat metal pieces. When the flat metal pieces
are perpendicular to the pipe, you can slide the pipe through them. When the
flat metal pieces are on an angle they grip on to the outside of the pipe
making the other jaw of the clamp.
If you get some pieces of pipe and pipe unions you can connect lengths of pipe
together and make your clamp quite long.
I hope my attempt at a brief description makes some sense to you.
Art
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan & Terrie Robbins
To: Blindhandyman
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 8:36 AM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Clamping system
I am replacing the surface of my 12 by 16 deck with 16 foot
long five quarter by 6 decking. I remember the last time I
did this when getting to the last 3 to 4 foot of each board
it would become necessary to pry the board over to have it
remain tight with the previous one installed. This gets a
bit tricky when you also have to drill a pilot hole and
drive deck screws. Do they make any type expandable clamping
system to assist with this type task? I'm envisioning
something like a threaded rod with some type crank on one
end that could draw the parts together? It would need to be
expandable by adding say additional 4 foot sections as
needed. If they do make something like this I would have
many different type uses for it. Would something like this
be available at Home Depot? What would it be called. Thanks
in advance for all replies
Al
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