I have used these ratchet clamps for ten years or so but first I had to cut off the hooks and cut the end of the roll off to where it is not lapped,  thread that end in to the lever and sew it back and forth a few times and you got four ratchet clamps worth hundreds 

 

 

I got this sale book today in the mail.

  
These worked great when I made these clocks.

 They worked good enough to close up the cracks where it looked the table saw was in tip top shape..Like even someone else made them!!!....Aw yea, it was Harbor Freight that should take the credit????

 

Even if you don't know how to sew they're still work it.... 

Edited August 27, 20187 yr by Smallpatch

And finding these six different woods in six different countries was a jaw breaker..

And Hobby Lobby trim laying there on the table. And I'm sad sad for they quit selling that trim. The other place that starts with an M did too...

Go Harbor Freight!!!

I have some of those for my truck.

Herb

1 hour ago, Dadio said:

Go Harbor Freight!!!

I have some of those for my truck.

Herb

Yep, I've got a gaggle of them I carry both in my truck & in my trailer tool box. Never leave home w/o them.

41 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Yep, I've got a gaggle of them I carry both in my truck & in my trailer tool box. Never leave home w/o them.

I only have a giggle (2).

 

Herb

I have a box full of assorted in my truck always. Got to put some in the wifes car too.

9 hours ago, Gerald said:

I have a box full of assorted in my truck always. Got to put some in the wife's car too.

My wife won't put anything in her little car unless she can close the trunk lid, so no need for tie-downs. However, I have about a half dozen of them in the pickup, as well as an equal number of the heavy-duty 2" ones. Hey, you never know. You might find a free elephant or something!

John

5 minutes ago, HARO50 said:

Hey, you never know. You might find a free elephant or something!

Many, many years ago, I once saw a pink one crossing the interstate about 2 AM...if I recall correctly, about the same time the last beer was consumed...Odd coincidence.

13 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Many, many years ago, I once saw a pink one crossing the interstate about 2 AM...if I recall correctly, about the same time the last beer was consumed...Odd coincidence.

Sadly, since the authorities are cracking down on beer in cars, the pink ones are now considered "endangered". There's a down side to everything!

John

Since moving out here to the stix, can't drink beer in the car. Roads are too rough. 

There was a law in California in the forties being against the law for any cans of beer, full or empty

in a car......and that included the ones flying out the windows as the red lights started blinking...

 

Growing up in a town of 400 sw of  Lubbock when going to high school we had to go to the big city to the boot leggers every week end...many many times in my car or whos ever the tell tale signs of driving from one bar ditch to the other always alerted those nice policemen....the very best cops in the world right there in the land of no trees....and no rain either. I never ever remember any of our guys getting a ticket...It was always a talking to and a politely request to get back to our town without killing ourselves or other folks...Boot leg beer was always in quart bottles so it would be hard to hide them under the seats or any where else... I also don't ever remember the police looking through our cars. What we did right after buying the beer we stopped and bought a bag of ice, I think a quarter back then and took the spare tire out of its rack, put a plug in the hole in the bottom of the rack, laid the beer bottles in gently then dumped the ice over them. 

So in a very short time they were cold and drinkable..... 
But this was also a tell tale sign as some of the plugs didn't hold all the water in and the police learned to watched for the small line of water coming from the cars. I don't ever remember anyone arguing with the police or either side getting upset...... 
Well that type of police interaction did have an effect on me for when I turned 44 I quit drinking beer.

Wasn't so much what I learned from those guys in my high school days for I had just built and opened a go-cart track and hey someone had to run it.

I got some Snap-on heavy duty ones from Costco IIRC - $20 for 4.   pulled the pin on the short end and had the wife sew together the other end away from the clip.   I can revert to a tie-down should I ever need it.

What amazes me is the number of folk who come into Restore on Saturday; purchase some big thing that won't fit entirely in their vehicle; and they have no tie-downs at all.   Of course, this same applies to the ones in pickups who get fridges and etc and ALSO don't own a single tie-down.   Tempted to take some of those and break up the pack and sell them for $2 each (but i'm not supposed to be making money off them).   Of course, even the ones with tie-downs... their vehicles have no place to actually tie things down - no hooks, no loops, no nothing.

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On 8/28/2018 at 7:25 PM, p_toad said:

What amazes me is the number of folk who come into Restore on Saturday; purchase some big thing that won't fit entirely in their vehicle; and they have no tie-downs at all.   Of course, this same applies to the ones in pickups who get fridges and etc and ALSO don't own a single tie-down.   Tempted to take some of those and break up the pack and sell them for $2 each (but i'm not supposed to be making money off them).   Of course, even the ones with tie-downs... their vehicles have no place to actually tie things down - no hooks, no loops, no nothing.

 

On the 20 mile interstate drive home today I saw one sofa,  one recliner, and 4'x5'x1' silver box of some sort on the shoulder.   And they just mowed that  whole stretch last week, so it's all new.

Edited August 31, 20187 yr by kmealy

On 8/28/2018 at 7:25 PM, p_toad said:

and they have no tie-downs at all.

No prob! Home Depot has FREE STRING!!!

John