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On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 17:06:09 -0800, "Bob" wrote:
"John Forrest Tomlinson" wrote in message .. . 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 **************************** Remove "remove" to reply Visit http://www.jt10000.com **************************** |
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