Thread: TIP - Getting the warp out of ur boards

Originally Posted by Dusty

That's pretty inventive. I like it.

Because I work alone and need to pull boards in pretty tight I use this tool pictured. It's actually made for decking. It's called a Bo-Deck.

Jesus, Dusty.
Your not hand nailing that, are you?

Bloody old school type are ya?

Originally Posted by glock40sw

Jesus, Dusty.
Your not hand nailing that, are you?

Bloody old school type are ya?

LMAO.

I have to hand nail them when I'm repairing a floor that was laid some 18 years ago, on bearers and joists.
It would look pretty strange with the rest of the floor face nailed and then me doing a patch of six square metres without a nail to be seen.

Anyway, at least I still know how to swing a hammer, not like some of the new school guys who seem to find it necessary unravel a kilometre of air hose just to shoot in two or three nails.

Just punch holes in the boards.

Originally Posted by pawnhead

Just punch holes in the boards.

Yep. Done that many-a-time, to get that look happening on a job where the builders had done a secret nail and glue extension next to an original face nailed floor.

Truth is, with these repair I do it's heaps easier to simply face nail them onto the joist. Those photo's, in the early part of this thread, are from where I'm replacing a badly water damaged floor from where the original kitchen sat. At the same job, I also had to remove all the no longer being used ducted heating vents and replace them with new material, as in,an invisible repair.

Like so.

Nice job....

Just like a bought one.

I bought the new version of the Irwin quick grip too, and it looks and feels much more solid than the old one. Its got enough weight to be reassuring, the handles are big enough for me to use, and the clamp has enough power to clamp everything I've needed so far. It also quickly converts to a spreader, like this:

Make sure you get the heavy duty ones though...the lighter versions are too weak, don't turn into a spreader and snap under the load (taking it back to Bunnings).

I'm generally using them in spreader format, with the pressure coming from a block of pine nailed temporarily into the joist.

I was gonna buy a couple of the new blue ones (had the old yellow ones but one's carked it). I would've had a 'bowrench' in my tool box and not known. Admittedly I only briefly played with it at Bunnings and didn't pay too much attention. The good thing about the 'Bowrench' though is that it grips from the joist meaning that you are not forcing the board off another board. Still Quickgrip @ $35- or Bowrench @ $150 by the time you import it.

Cool tip rhancock,
Cheers,
Dr - 307.

The Bowrench looks great but I need my tools to be more versatile - I use my Quick Grip for all sorts of things.

I'm getting the blue grips and just got a Bo-wrench. Cake and eat it too......

Well, that's just not fair...

What about slab floors, where there are 65x19 flooring used as batterns?
What nifty floor clamp is there for that? Would yours work Dusty? or do you need full joist,s?

ah you fellas... using clamps and the like... what a pain! If you do it this way you don't need them. I use alum angle spacers now. I haven't used a better method.
http://woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=42091

Cheers
Michael