WTB: band claamps

[Dumb_Polack]

So I cut the box for our daughter's dresser I'm building (I know, I know....."We need a Build-Along!!!".  I'll snap some pictures and publish them in the Woodworking folder shortly).

Anywho, I just need to cut the biscuits and then I can band clamp it all up.  I only have 3 band clamps and I need more.  Anyone have any?  Mine are the old school ones (the ones where you use a box wrench to tighten them up).   Old school ones would be fine.

The carcass is approx 16 ft around and I married up 2 of my band clamps to allow it to reach all the way round.  I have a 3rd one, but I'd like to get 3 more so I can band it with 3 bands.

So, do you have any you'd like to get rid of?  If they're < 8 ft, I'll need 3, but if you've go some with > 17 ft of webbing then I'd only need 2.

(Suppose I could go to that big South America River commerce site to buy some, but I thought I'd check here first)

[barnowl]

Got any ratchet straps?

Those, coupled with a couple well placed wedges for extra tightness will work.

But do protect your wood from the strap. Perhaps some folded cardboard at the corners.

[Arlin Eastman]

Got any ratchet straps?

Those, coupled with a couple well placed wedges for extra tightness will work.

But do protect your wood from the strap. Perhaps some folded cardboard at the corners.

What Barn said.

[Dumb_Polack]

Got any ratchet straps?

Those, coupled with a couple well placed wedges for extra tightness will work.

But do protect your wood from the strap. Perhaps some folded cardboard at the corners.

Hmmm....need to check the car trunk if I have any there  (what they're doing in our trunk......I dunno)

[iclark]

Got any ratchet straps?

Those, coupled with a couple well placed wedges for extra tightness will work.

But do protect your wood from the strap. Perhaps some folded cardboard at the corners.

and add a couple pieces of cardboard or some ply under the ratchet itself.

if things are not quite behaving when you do the dry-fit, you can cut a some corner pieces (L's) out of scrap to put under the ratchet strap.

[MarkSingleton]

Just use a length of rope to extend?