[GSBN] your preferred strapping tool?

[cmagwood at kos.net]

We use a 3/4 inch woven banding material that comes from
Canada Wide Packaging, but is readily available anywhere
that does packaging supplies.

The tool is about $100, the strapping is $40 for a huge
roll and the D-buckles are 500 for $25.

Avoid at all costs nylon banding materials that aren't
woven. They fray easily and are very frustrating. Also
avoid systems that clamp the strapping in order to finish,
as you won't be able to readjust. Ours came with a cutter
that we disabled so the tail would be left to reattach
later.

Chris

> Do you use a strapping tool for compression of loadbearing
> strawbale
> walls?  I am seeking suggestions and guidance on vendors,
> brands, makes
> and models of strapping tool that strawbale builders have
> found useful.
> I am working in the southwestern United States.  The
> immediate project
> is a 24' x 24' utility building, scheduled to be built in
> a workshop in
> Las Cruces, NM, next month.
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Derelict
>
> Derek Roff
> Language Learning Center
> Ortega Hall 129, MSC03-2100
> University of New Mexico
> Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
> 505/277-7368, fax 505/277-3885
> Internet: derek at unm.edu
>
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