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Old January 5th 06, 01:31 AM
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On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 17:06:09 -0800, "Bob" wrote:


"John Forrest Tomlinson" wrote in message
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On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 10:11:09 -0800, "Bob" wrote:

The CapLoc works for me:
http://bmary.com/XCOregonWaxBench.jpg
the hard part is finding stuff to clamp it to. I usually travel with a
c-clamp and a 30" length of leftover oak 1x3 to extend a tabletop when
needed. Dining room tables, balcony railings, and kitchen counter tops

have
all served. The photo above is from a motel room last year. I couldn't

make
the board/c-clamp trick work. I had to take the drawers out of a desk in

the
room, turn them on end, drape a bed sheet over them, and clamped onto the
front of the drawers with the caploc. It worked quite well even though I
didn't bother with the center post.


The vertical adjustment part of that center post strikes me as very
fragile. I've got one, and it always looks like it's going to break.


I don't know what you mean. The center post is spring loaded and ratchets
down (with a button on the side to release the ratchet). Whenever I use the
caploc (I use a full profile bench at home) I push the center all the way
down to put maximum pressure on the tip and tail. That locks the ski pretty
firmly on to the end supports. The end supports are rubberized so it turns
out you can use it (carefully) without the center support.


Sorry, I wasn't clear.

I don't mean it doesn't hold the ski well -- rather that the plastic
ring that goes around the center post to hold ratcheted piecet looks
like it can break easily. In fact, one I bought online arrived broken
-- the vendor replaced it no problem, but it worries me.

JT

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