Thread: Clamping with Elastic Bandage

Thought Id show this off.

If you've ever wrapped a rubber band around a finger and felt how the pressure builds with each layer to become unbearable you will know what elastic wrappings can do .

I have a need at times for wrapping my leg from the ankle up . The doctor recommended elastic stockings which are as difficult to get into as a wet suit that's to small .

Wife said to me one day, "Try these , I use them on the horse's legs " A vet product for horses or dogs turns out to be way better and easier to use than what the doctor or chemist recommends for humans!
I can easily wrap from ankle to knee by stretching out the bandage and going round and up. The stuff sticks to itself and stays put . It breaths and drys fast as well if it gets wet .

Its a rubberized bandage . Applies as much pressure as needed or more if your not careful. I use them and have saved them after I'm finished for use at work .

They are very good at wrapping woodwork while glueing hard to clamp parts . Great at broken chair repairs bringing things together. Split turned spindles . Ive saved some pictures . I have used upholsterers webbing or ropes before , twisting with a stick to get it tight . That works well but this is better at some things .
Looks like this from new .
I get it at Murray Goulburn or Brownwigg. A farmers hardware store.

Leader Products - NLIS Cattle Tags, NLIS Sheep Tags, Livestock Identification and Animal Husbandry Specialists: Vetflex Wrap
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Chair repairs
Left pic is putting pressure down on the arm which is holding in a new replacement turning repair to top of leg while also gluing the other loose parts to the matching angle of the parts on the other side .
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This glue up below left was to the bottom x stretcher off a chair . Bit of a silly design . The crack was at an angle . Nothing else would have clamped that one .
The thin splat on the right pic below was split along the bottom .
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I used it making this Cedar Nulling . It made the glueing up so fast!
Glue four sticks with hide glue and wrap with bandage. Cut into shorter lengths and turn beads on lathe. Reheat and separate into quarters.
Glue into rebate created by cross banding ceder on drawer front, door or panel .
Some of its self sticking ability was fading at the end of some of the runs so a bit of masking tape helped hold it.

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Glues don't stick to it . Not the water based ones Ive used so far like Hide or Titebond .
It just peels of when the glue is dry. Poly glue or two pack would ruin it and stick .
The pressure you get is more than enough.
Its very good stuff

Rob