I used my deadman to stretch to a double doorway of existing carpet on a concrete stretch job.
Dead man carpet tool.
The original installer refused to come back.
Line up all the tackless in one direction and that is about it.
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A job needed a re stretch.
I simply turned the deadman around and put it in front of my power stretcher.
I left my deadman somewhere so i need to make a new one.
As the name implies it will turn a machine off even if the operator dies.
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These instances call for a dead man.
This one was a little different and because of the layout his.
I do have a handle on mine and keep carpet on the tackless.
A dead man s switch is a safety feature integrated into many machines which works to turn the machine off if the operator experiences a problem.
The 2x12 that i had twisted and didnt lay flat also the pins in the tackstrip only catch the pile of the carpet and doesnt get into the backing where i think is needed.
Thing is i think tackstrip nailed to a 2x12 isnt cutting it.
Now i was stretching 4 of rug at one push.
I simply took a 2x12 10 foot long cut it into a 6 foot and then 2 two foot boards and made each a dead man.
You can make a false brace or dead man by nailing tack strip to a 3 foot long 2x10 putting a carry handle on it and wrapping a piece of removable carpet around it for your protection.
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