Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Pipe clamps can often be used as spreaders too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Yep. Love that! You can also use ratchet straps as mini-winches too. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 I could have utilized this many times over.......truly outside the box.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinton Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Yep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 My helper couldn't figure out how to set up my come-along to pull on the door frame of my shop's main door to get it plumb as there wasn't enough room for the come-along between the door frame and the utility pole that supports the shop on that side. I ran a wire rope around the pole and over to the opposite side of the building where I put the come-along on the *other* utility pole. Worked a treat! I think he got bogged down into "I need to put the come-along *here*"; rather than seeing that the real problem was "I need to pull on this board this-a-way!" and anyway that produced the pull was OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurrit Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 A lot of folks don't realise that a handyman jack is also a huge C clamp that can be used to winch you out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I've used a automobile scissors jack to open a helm that was squashed before---lots of use for *controlled* force in the smithy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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