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What Do You All Think Of This New Tool?
Scaff-adapt is a 1.5m long hand tool for scaffolders which comprises 3No aluminium Rectangular Hollow Sections (RHS) of varying lengths with 2No solid aluminium blocks for joining together and a mild steel screw in handle for operation (total of 4 components - weight just 4kg). There are plastic plugs in each end of the assembled tool and a PVC spiral grip on the handle for comfort. All components fit neatly into a 1m long slim bag with carry strap.
Scaff-adapt aids scaffolders in the adaptation of scaffolding structures by releasing and/or making component parts more accessible and easy to move i.e. fittings and tubes that are trapped beneath boarded platforms. This is particularly useful where scaffolds require adapting to allow an outer skin of brick or blockwork to be built following construction of an inner skin, as in Timber Frame buildings, or to allow a wall face to be plastered, where the transom tubes can withdrawn easily from the wall face creating sufficient room for the tradesman to work. There are also a number of other useful applications for Scaff-adapt with regard to general alterations/additions to existing scaffolds. This tool has been designed to be positioned (i.e. laid flat) on top of ledger tubes and then by rotating into its upright position, to take the weight of the decking boards above. This creates a gap sufficient in size (12-14mm) between the decking boards and the top of the fittings and transom tubes, to enable the scaffolding fittings and tubes to be undone/released/removed far more easily and without the friction problem created by the weight of the decking boards bearing onto the transom tubes.
Video
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1APxH3oNvQ"]YouTube- Scaff-adapt Demonstration[/ame]
Scaff-adapt is a 1.5m long hand tool for scaffolders which comprises 3No aluminium Rectangular Hollow Sections (RHS) of varying lengths with 2No solid aluminium blocks for joining together and a mild steel screw in handle for operation (total of 4 components - weight just 4kg). There are plastic plugs in each end of the assembled tool and a PVC spiral grip on the handle for comfort. All components fit neatly into a 1m long slim bag with carry strap.
Scaff-adapt aids scaffolders in the adaptation of scaffolding structures by releasing and/or making component parts more accessible and easy to move i.e. fittings and tubes that are trapped beneath boarded platforms. This is particularly useful where scaffolds require adapting to allow an outer skin of brick or blockwork to be built following construction of an inner skin, as in Timber Frame buildings, or to allow a wall face to be plastered, where the transom tubes can withdrawn easily from the wall face creating sufficient room for the tradesman to work. There are also a number of other useful applications for Scaff-adapt with regard to general alterations/additions to existing scaffolds. This tool has been designed to be positioned (i.e. laid flat) on top of ledger tubes and then by rotating into its upright position, to take the weight of the decking boards above. This creates a gap sufficient in size (12-14mm) between the decking boards and the top of the fittings and transom tubes, to enable the scaffolding fittings and tubes to be undone/released/removed far more easily and without the friction problem created by the weight of the decking boards bearing onto the transom tubes.
Video
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1APxH3oNvQ"]YouTube- Scaff-adapt Demonstration[/ame]
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