Re: Refooting Large Building -Help: X-post

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marson wrote:
> On Feb 11, 6:39 pm, Cyborg 0019 <jjbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>> The Bottom plate is gone and I am having troubling lifting it to
>>slip a new 4x2 into place,seehttp://img170.imageshack.us/my.php?image=uprightsjk6.jpg
>>
>>I was able to get one end or about the first 12 feet but as I get to the
>>middle it is getting more and more heavy.
>>Main problem is lifting the uprights,can lift the floor no problems,but
>>those uprights are jammed hard down with lots of weight.
>>
>>The building is about 30m long by about 8-9m wide,the walls are tied at
>>the roof line with steel bars to stop the weight of the roof pushing the
>>walls out,along with a network of wooden truss sections etc.
>>
>>Any Ideas on how to lift these?
>>
>>TIA
>
>
> could try fastening a ledger to the studs (uprights as you call them)
> and jacking on that. I've moved garages like that, don't know if it
> would work on a heavier building.
>

Hey replying to your post again,
Do you have any idea what this strange thing is?

http://img177.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jackish1yp0.jpg
http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jackishhf9.jpg

It looks like a climbing jack......???????
I always thought it was broken off something,was a hitch of some kind or
related to trucks or cars or saw mill related
If it is a climbing jack,what dose it climb? wood? Would this be its
main use?
Surley it was not made to climb studs!
It has sat in the workshop for years unexplained.
Have x posted hoping to find some answers

TIA

[Ext User(Andrew Mawson)]

"Cyborg 0019" <jjbruce@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> marson wrote:
> > On Feb 11, 6:39 pm, Cyborg 0019 <jjbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Hi,
> >> The Bottom plate is gone and I am having troubling lifting
it to
> >>slip a new 4x2 into
place,seehttp://img170.imageshack.us/my.php?image=uprightsjk6.jpg
> >>
> >>I was able to get one end or about the first 12 feet but as I get
to the
> >>middle it is getting more and more heavy.
> >>Main problem is lifting the uprights,can lift the floor no
problems,but
> >>those uprights are jammed hard down with lots of weight.
> >>
> >>The building is about 30m long by about 8-9m wide,the walls are
tied at
> >>the roof line with steel bars to stop the weight of the roof
pushing the
> >>walls out,along with a network of wooden truss sections etc.
> >>
> >>Any Ideas on how to lift these?
> >>
> >>TIA
> >
> >
> > could try fastening a ledger to the studs (uprights as you call
them)
> > and jacking on that. I've moved garages like that, don't know if
it
> > would work on a heavier building.
> >
>
> Hey replying to your post again,
> Do you have any idea what this strange thing is?
>
> http://img177.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jackish1yp0.jpg
> http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jackishhf9.jpg
>
> It looks like a climbing jack......???????
> I always thought it was broken off something,was a hitch of some
kind or
> related to trucks or cars or saw mill related
> If it is a climbing jack,what dose it climb? wood? Would this be its
> main use?
> Surley it was not made to climb studs!
> It has sat in the workshop for years unexplained.
> Have x posted hoping to find some answers
>
> TIA

I think it is a floor board cramp. The grippy bit sits either side of
the joist, and the plunger cramps the board tight against the previous
one before you nail it.

AWEM

[Ext User(Cyborg 0019)]

Andrew Mawson wrote:
> "Cyborg 0019" <jjbruce@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:45d6f745@news.comindico.com.au...
>
>>marson wrote:
>>
>>>On Feb 11, 6:39 pm, Cyborg 0019 <jjbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>> The Bottom plate is gone and I am having troubling lifting
>
> it to
>
>>>>slip a new 4x2 into
>
> place,seehttp://img170.imageshack.us/my.php?image=uprightsjk6.jpg
>
>>>>I was able to get one end or about the first 12 feet but as I get
>
> to the
>
>>>>middle it is getting more and more heavy.
>>>>Main problem is lifting the uprights,can lift the floor no
>
> problems,but
>
>>>>those uprights are jammed hard down with lots of weight.
>>>>
>>>>The building is about 30m long by about 8-9m wide,the walls are
>
> tied at
>
>>>>the roof line with steel bars to stop the weight of the roof
>
> pushing the
>
>>>>walls out,along with a network of wooden truss sections etc.
>>>>
>>>>Any Ideas on how to lift these?
>>>>
>>>>TIA
>>>
>>>
>>>could try fastening a ledger to the studs (uprights as you call
>
> them)
>
>>>and jacking on that. I've moved garages like that, don't know if
>
> it
>
>>>would work on a heavier building.
>>>
>>
>>Hey replying to your post again,
>>Do you have any idea what this strange thing is?
>>
>>http://img177.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jackish1yp0.jpg
>>http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jackishhf9.jpg
>>
>>It looks like a climbing jack......???????
>>I always thought it was broken off something,was a hitch of some
>
> kind or
>
>>related to trucks or cars or saw mill related
>>If it is a climbing jack,what dose it climb? wood? Would this be its
>>main use?
>>Surley it was not made to climb studs!
>>It has sat in the workshop for years unexplained.
>>Have x posted hoping to find some answers
>>
>>TIA
>
>
> I think it is a floor board cramp. The grippy bit sits either side of
> the joist, and the plunger cramps the board tight against the previous
> one before you nail it.
>
> AWEM
>
>

Arhh interesting as basic as that,I recon you are correct,the more I
look at it,I recon you are spot on.
What a very odd tool,It must have cost a mint,come to think of it,When
pulling up a floor in a house a while back I saw these strange marks on
the sides of the floor barers,(I have always used a chisel and bit of
floor board)
I could not think what made them,I now know.

The tool has finally a name," The floor board machine "...lol

Thanks heaps.

[Ext User(GROVER)]

On Feb 17, 7:38 am, Cyborg 0019 <jjbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> marson wrote:
> > On Feb 11, 6:39 pm, Cyborg 0019 <jjbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>Hi,
> >> The Bottom plate is gone and I am having troubling lifting it to
> >>slip a new 4x2 into place,seehttp://img170.imageshack.us/my.php?image=uprightsjk6.jpg
>
> >>I was able to get one end or about the first 12 feet but as I get to the
> >>middle it is getting more and more heavy.
> >>Main problem is lifting the uprights,can lift the floor no problems,but
> >>those uprights are jammed hard down with lots of weight.
>
> >>The building is about 30m long by about 8-9m wide,the walls are tied at
> >>the roof line with steel bars to stop the weight of the roof pushing the
> >>walls out,along with a network of wooden truss sections etc.
>
> >>Any Ideas on how to lift these?
>
> >>TIA
>
> > could try fastening a ledger to the studs (uprights as you call them)
> > and jacking on that. I've moved garages like that, don't know if it
> > would work on a heavier building.
>
> Hey replying to your post again,
> Do you have any idea what this strange thing is?
>
> http://img177.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jackish1yp0.jpghttp://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jackishhf9.jpg
>
> It looks like a climbing jack......???????
> I always thought it was broken off something,was a hitch of some kind or
> related to trucks or cars or saw mill related
> If it is a climbing jack,what dose it climb? wood? Would this be its
> main use?
> Surley it was not made to climb studs!
> It has sat in the workshop for years unexplained.
> Have x posted hoping to find some answers
>
> TIA- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Regarding unidentified piece of equipment. I have two suggestions. One
--- Send it to "Ask This Old House" they have a show and tell session
occasionally. Two--- Use it to anchor your boat.
Joe G

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"Cyborg 0019" <jjbruce@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:45d7155c@news.comindico.com.au...
>>
>>
>> I think it is a floor board cramp. The grippy bit sits either side of
>> the joist, and the plunger cramps the board tight against the previous
>> one before you nail it.
>>
>> AWEM
>>
>>
>
> Arhh interesting as basic as that,I recon you are correct,the more I look
> at it,I recon you are spot on.
> What a very odd tool,It must have cost a mint,come to think of it,When
> pulling up a floor in a house a while back I saw these strange marks on
> the sides of the floor barers,(I have always used a chisel and bit of
> floor board)
> I could not think what made them,I now know.
>
> The tool has finally a name," The floor board machine "...lol
>
> Thanks heaps.


It's definately a floor board clamp. If you have a lot of flooring to do and
you can get hold of two or three of them they are really handy. You can
place, clamp and nail six or eight boards at a time. They aren't easy to
find, i saw them at an equipment hire place once. There's a modern version
available that uses a turning handle instead of the ratchet action.

H.