An issue or two ago somebody tested a tape that could be used instead of a clamp. You stretch it as you wrap the pieces together. It couldn’t be refastened. I think it came in bright colors.
If you know the name of the product, please remind me!
Janet
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Get a bicycle innertube, and cut it into strips that are about 1" wide. If cutting along the circumference will not yield a strip that is long enough for your needs, then use a spiral-cut of some sort.
Wrap your glue-up with this big "rubber-band", and tie the ends. You'll be surprised at how versatile it is.
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Yes -- awhile back one of the bike shops here on the island started carrying "hardware" (but it's plastic) that you can use to make an innertube into, essentially, a Bungie Cord. They have light-duty and heavy-duty, and give away inner tubes with them. A possibility for woodworking? I'd guess that many dedicated bike shops carry them.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
I saw an ad for one of those on Craig's List - "Lite-duty bungie cord, only used once." ;-)
"Lite-duty bungie cord, only used once." Oooooops!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Well, I don't have an innertube, but you reminded me of some exercise bands I used when recovering from bursitis. Hmmm.
There is a tubing that is used in the laboratory for conveying air, water, vacuum, gas that is extremely elastic. It will stretch laterally as well as length wise. One would have to tie the ends. You can blow it up with a pint of water, direct it at some body and really get them wet. Now, how would I know that.
Hi TinkSimilar tube, called strangulation tube back home, my boys used it on their catapaults er catterpolts ah slingshots. I call it strangulation tube because of the butt bruises I got and the reaction it caused. Works good for clamping.wotI started out with nothing...and I still have most of it left!
Can't say as I've ever tried clamping with the stuff but it has all the capacity to work.
I seen it demoed somewhere, if it's what I seen, it was a silicone tape.
Taigert
Edited 11/26/2009 7:45 pm ET by Taigert
You're right, thank you. It is x-treme tape by mocap.
In case you haven't found it yet, I've seen it at Woodcraft.Chris @ http://www.flairwoodworks.com and http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com)
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There's a bandage called "Vet-Wrap" that's often used on horses (and I've used it on myself as well - lol) that should do what you need.
It's an elastic "tape" that comes in various widths that will only adhere to itself. You can get pretty good "clamping pressure" depending on how tightly you stretch it as it's applied. Once applied, it seldom slips.
I'm surprised that Forestgirl didn't mention it. - lol
Vetwrap -- yep, I was working at the U.C. Davis vet school when it first came into widespread use. I tend to still think of it as being extreeeeemly expensive, but perhaps there are knock-off brands that make it affordable for woodworking, LOL. forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Yeah, it's spendy, but I can visualize clamping situations where it might be worth it.I never saw the article that the OP was talking about, but the description made me immediately think of Vet Wrap. I suspect that a woodworking variant would also be somewhat pricey. - lol
Would not the stretchy clear tape work -- that really thin stuff that you can use to bundle things together, homeowner's version of pallet wrapping? Perhaps not.
Vetwrap has come down in price in the last 30 years, for sure. I used to gag paying for it to wrap an injured horse. Much more palatable when you're just wrapping your human wrist, LOL! But it was a godsend, made proper wrapping much easier. It's not hard to wrap a horse too tight and cause problems you don't need.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
I find that the thin, stretchy, plastic wrapping "tape" tends to loosen fairly easily. I usually find a way to tuck the end so it will stay put.I think that I've seen a human variation of Vet Wrap in the drug store. Basically, a self sticking ACE bandage. Probably expensive, but worth it for certain applications.
"I think that I've seen a human variation of Vet Wrap in the drug store." Yep, it's probably been used by people almost as long as by animals, LOL. I've picked up a roll or two over the years, usually at Rite Aid (we call it "Rite Aid, Wrong Town), for a sprain here or there.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Five or six years ago, I managed to give myself a pretty nasty cut on my arm while branding calves. I used some Vet Wrap (bright blue, IIRC) to make a compress to stop the bleeding while I went to the ER. When the doc (middle eastern guy) asked how I had cut myself, he was amazed to learn that we still branded cattle around here. When he asked about my bandaging material, he rolled his eyes and shook his head - until I pointed out that had worked quite well during the hour long trip to the ER.After he had cleaned and sutured the wound, I showed him how it worked and explained that we used the stuff by the yard bandaging horses. - lol
[apologies to the OP for creating such diversion here] -- Odd that the doc didn't know about it! The blood bank staff use it, always ask what color I want. forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Cut yourself while branding calves? I can see why you might burn yourself. Are you sure you were branding when you cut yourself?
Edited 11/28/2009 10:22 pm ET by Tinkerer3
Threre's lots more to branding cattle than hot branding irons. - lolDuring the conversion from bull calf to steer, for instance, the calf loses his "stones", gets an earmark (usually a notch cut out with a knife), gets any horns cut off and cauterized, gets 2-3 shots, and then gets branded - all in about two minutes.When I got cut, the calf flipped his head just as I was about to make the first cut for the earmark and drove the knife into my arm.
Just pulling your leg. I left the farm some forty five years ago but still remember some of the old jobs.
FG
I call it Crepe Tape it's one of the only tapes I'm not allergic to now. 90 some days in the ICU at UW I developed a allergy to tape. It burns a deep hole in me like acid.
I love the Crepe tape for wrapping my index finger and thumb, if I have to do a bunch of Ripping on the table saw. I have developed this habit of planting my left hand on the table and use the side of my thunb and index finger to keep the stock tight to the fence. By keeping my left hand in one spot I always know the distance between left hand & rotating blade. If I don't wrap them the skin gets all dried out and cracks, which I hate more than a cut. I shudder when I see someone use their left hand to push the material and their hand keeps moving forward towards the blade along with the stock. Just a habit I have!
Taigert
The cheapest place to buy it is any place that sells stuff for Horses, like Feed & Tack stores. We sell it for about $6.00 a roll. It comes in any color you can imagine, I have a roll here at home that is like a Tigers stipe, but it's white with black stripes. Havent tried it for WW yet, it sticks to itself not what its wrapped around.
Edited 11/28/2009 3:47 am ET by Taigert
Bad new on the tape allergy, that's a very severe reaction! I've been led to understand that, generally, it's an allergy to the adhesive that's on the tape. Is this true in your case? There is a hypo-allergenic tape that my PT's use when they have to tape me, wonder if it would work in your case....forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
FG,
Your correct about the adhesive being the problem. The problem with a allergy is that the allergic reaction can become more severe with each exposure. My problem was that I caught that flesh eating bacteria in the operating room at UW. The treatment in part is to keep removing the dead tissue. This resulted in 28 more operations over the next 90 days, they had to cut away 1300 sq cm of my abdomin including all the muscle.. So the tape they were using (and lots of it) to hold the dressings on developed into a allergy to the adhesive. It's so bad thast I can't even use the hypo allergenic stuff. They didn't have a clue what to do about it.
This is something we as woodworker have to be careful of when working with some of the toxic woods we love to use. It seems the more beautiful the wood the more toxic it is. One of our instructors at Seattle Central Community College developed a allergy to Cedar. If someone was to work with Cedar in any of the shops Don would have a severe reaction to the point where someone had best be on the phone to 911. So the rule was no cedar was even allowed in the buildings.
Bottom line os if you have a allergy each exposure will cause a more severe reaction than the last, so be careful. Using protection from the dust getting in the lungs, from anything. Because it will happen with enough exposure.
Taigert
Holy Smokes, that's really scary, Taigert!! Disheartening, too, that they were so helpless in that situation.
Your point about successive allergic reactions escalating is why I so strongly urge members who experience that "first time" reaction to pay attention and not ignore the symptoms. No fun to have to call an ambulance for someone who can't breathe.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
And then again there is that plastic wrap on a roll that works wonders!
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