What is this, please?

[Philconnects]

 

[larry4406]

Cable latch? Round ball on end of wire rope. Insert ball thru hole, slide it down?

 

[mike93lx]

Google image search says a concrete snap tie form wedge

 

[Shiftless]

Google image search says a concrete snap tie form wedge

You can get them for only $1.20 each if you buy 20,000 at a time.

 

[Leviton]

You can get them for only $1.20 each if you buy 20,000 at a time.

@Shiftless, if you want to do a group buy, I'm in for 1.

 

[mike93lx]

You can get them for only $1.20 each if you buy 20,000 at a time.

A deal at twice the price!

 

[Old Man Roger]

These can be used to hold the plywood forms together while making the foundation for saw set factories.

 

[HalfTonTom]

Well, damn. I was wrong. I thought it was some kind of gizmo to remove hair from shopping cart wheels.

 

[The Bean]

Door stop.

 

[PCustoms]

Well, damn. I was wrong. I thought it was some kind of gizmo to remove hair from shopping cart wheels.

Anything is a hair removal tool if you waste enough of your employer's time

 

[Old Man Roger]

Cable latch? Round ball on end of wire rope. Insert ball thru hole, slide it down?

I have to admit it was my first thought too, but for you to get it wrong seems just wrong.lol I get it though, at the scale you operate you would have the typical styles of forms.

 

[larry4406]

I have to admit it was my first thought too, but for you to get it wrong seems just wrong.lol I get it though, at the scale you operate you would have the typical styles of forms.

Yeah we only use aluminum concrete forms. They connect differently with snap ties, pins, and wedges.

 

[larry4406]

Yeah we only use aluminum concrete forms. They connect differently with snap ties, pins, and wedges.

I’ve only been involved with one wood form concrete pour. Was a commercial job. I don’t recall details exactly but there were solid wires from inside form thru the pour to outside form and round red pin gripper thing.

After stripping the forms a guy with nippers had to physically cut each wire below the surface and then parge it.

I thought it to be an odd method. Granted you could cut the plywood to any height or pitch.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Ya, I wouldn’t imagine a foundation company would be using these for their main type of forms. I could see it being handy in some scenarios though.

 

[micromind]

Google image search says a concrete snap tie form wedge

I know them as whalers.

Once one side of the plywood concrete forms are set, holes are drilled in both sides and snap ties are run through the holes as the other side is set. There are plastic cones on the ties that hold the inside of the forms.

The ties stick out of the outside of the forms about 4" and basic standard 2X4s are positioned above and below the ties. Whalers are used to hold the 2X4s tight to the outside of the forms.

This way, the forms stay in place and don't bulge out when the concrete is poured. You'd be surprised at how much force wet concrete can apply to forms, especially on high walls.