Strapping my Intercooler

[Huw Powell]

> I have to strap my IC once I get it back together and I had and idea that
> sounded real good!
> You know the  flexible metal bands they use for strapping pallets together.
> Well that's my idea! Most are brown or black already. Put a little cushion
> on the end and a plate under the tool that you tighten with so not to mess
> up any of the fins. Anyone tried this. Will there be a problem with not
> getting it tight enough? Anyone? Anyone?

Well, reaching way back to my "heavy industry" days... i think looseness
will be a problem there.  When tensioning that strapping on a pallet,
one tends to "squish" (TM) the wood, cardboard, etc a bit, then pulling
the tool out leaves things nice and tight still.

I can't see doing that on an intercooler.  Plus, the "loss" when
removing the tool is probably a consistent amount of length, which will
be a higher percentage of the overall length, will be more of an issue.

Of course your "padding" may make up for that problem so nevermind...

Signode rules!

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Huw Powell

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