The Lowes in Frederick Maryland had them for $159. I grabbed one knowing it would come in handy for some door projects my wife and I need to do this Fall. I also have some other plans for the device as well. On Jun 21, 2010, at 9:42 AM, Alan & Terrie Robbins wrote:
> Dan > > What was the price @ Loes? Did you stumble on the special by accident or how > did you learn of it? > > Al > -----Original Message----- > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Dan Rossi > Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 9:16 PM > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rockwell JawHorse > > I just picked one up today. They were having a special at Lowes, and I > had a gift card. It has three legs, two in front, and one further back > along a rail. The top rail holds two clamping jaws. They can open to > about 24 inches I think. There is a foot peddle that you can use to close > the jaws of the clamp. > > The jaws extend beyond the legs so that you can hold items by their edge, > vertically. The picture shows a door being held vertically in place while > the hinges are positioned on the door jam. > > The claim is that clamping force is 2200 pounds. > > Looks pretty handy. > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: blindhandyman-dig...@yahoogroups.com blindhandyman-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: blindhandyman-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/