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General Forestry => Sawmills and Milling => Topic started by: Brad_bb on February 15, 2017, 11:12:34 PM
I have stacks of timbers and want to strap a single layer together, or strap one layer to another. The problem can be trying to fish the strapping between the stack or between stickered boards. I finally got tired or fudging it and made a tool from a scrap piece of pine. It's sort of like a needle. A slit in the head to put the strap in. The needle is thin, probably 5/16 or 1/2" thick and I had to make it shaped nice and put 1/8" roundovers on it and sand it smooth. Works great!
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Well, it's a bit more elegant than my "nail in the side of a sticker" strap threader :D :D.
I use something similar as per Kbeitz advice awhile back. I painted mine blue and wrote RAMROD on it, so that it didn't end up in the scrap pile :D
one thing you gotta watch out for, if you thread it under a pack with the ramrod, always pull it out or to the side, cause one time I strapped the ramrod to whatever it was I was banding, most likely a slabwood bundle or pack of lumber. I think I just left it too :D
My method is a 7' peace of plastic coated 1/4" cable, make a loop and push the ends through. Works but not the end all be all.