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   maneyj | Jul 08, 2003 03:39am | #1

   No! I have not tried it, but after seeing their ads I put together a cheap imitation that works quite well. I got a couple of 3/4" reversible pipe clamps and a couple of 5 ft. pieces of 3/4" pipe. You can crank the cabinets level in a jiffy. If I set cabinets every day I would probably invest in the real thing.

   John

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   buildit4you | Jul 08, 2003 04:28am | #2

   John,

   Thanks for the response!  The gizmo sells for around seventy bucks. A 2' extension sells for another twenty, so for under a hundred I could have something that will go from 53" to just under ten feet. I might give it a go.

   Thanks again!

   PLP

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   DougU | Jul 08, 2003 05:46am | #3

   Buildit

   You got a web site on that thing?

   couldnt find it anywhere.

   Doug

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   BossHog | Jul 08, 2003 03:06pm | #7

   Here's one on Amazon:

   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000224ON/qid=1057665732/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1_etk-tools/002-7497759-6412818?v=glance&s=hi&n=228013Bumpersticker: As a matter of fact, I do own the road.

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   DougU | Jul 09, 2003 01:36am | #9

   Thanks Boss

   I guess you have to know where to look.

   Doug

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   buildit4you | Aug 05, 2003 05:42am | #12

   Doug,

   sorry for the late reply, my computer has been acting up.  Anyway, I guess from the other posts you got your answer.  I did buy one of the things. It's pretty nice. After I got it l made a clone with some parts and pieces from HD all for about twenty bucks.

   Thanks again!

   PLP

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   FastEddie1 | Jul 08, 2003 06:36am | #4

   I'll have to look for details tomorrow, but...I was sent a gadget to test for possible inclusion in the Tools section of the mag, and I rteported that it was over-hyped.  It's sold as a one person sheetrock hanger (for the ceiling) but it takes three hands.  It also includes a short pipe designed for cabinet hanging, and that seems to be ok.  Think it's called T-Jak.  Although it's a flop for one person (BTW that's a pun), it would work well for two people because you can turn a screw for fine adjustments and it is rated to hold a couple hundred pounds.

   Do it right, or do it twice.

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   TomT226 | Jul 08, 2003 02:16pm | #5

   Just got through using one to hang 2-4'X3', and 3 smaller wall cabs yesterday. Works good. The adjustment nut is threaded loosely on the adjustment rod so you can run it up against the bottom of the cab, and crank in the final adjustment. The top and bottom plate are non-marring plastic.

   If you're gonna be working by yourself, I'd suggest getting two of'em.

   Got mine from Tool Crib. With shipping it was about 80 bucks.

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   MisterT | Jul 08, 2003 02:26pm | #6

   I was thinking of making a couple of them.

   you can get the leveling legs for scaffolding for 23$ at toolcrib.

   then all you would need is some pie and some couplers and a flange to mount a padded 2ber4 to.Mr T

   Do not try this at home!

   I am an Experienced Professional!

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   TomT226 | Jul 08, 2003 08:01pm | #8

   Yeah, I thought of doing something like that too. Now that I have one, it'll be easier to copy.

   If you're gonna make your own, I'd suggest having some kind of extension running from the side that you could drive a SR screw into a stud that's available. Put it about 30" off the floor so it wouldn't damage the reveal between the upper and base cabs. This would help a lot to steady the jack when you heft the cab up and set it on the top plate. I'm gonna rig something like that on the one I have.

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   FastEddie1 | Jul 09, 2003 02:39am | #10

    

   I was thinking of making a couple of them.  One of the nice details on the bought item is the quick-adjust nut.  You can tilt it slightly and disengage the threads so it moves freely to any point on the shaft, then turn it flat and the threads engage.  You might have a hard time getting that part on a shop built rig.Do it right, or do it twice.

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   steve | Jul 10, 2003 06:23pm | #11

   i've been hanging cabinets solo for 15 years, never used or needed a jack of any kind

   the first cabinet in a kitchen is always(for me) the corner cabinet, i just screw two 1x2 verticaly to the wall at my 54 inch line, predrill the cabinet at the studs and fasten away

   the 1x2 are long enough so that the screw holes are covered by the basecabinets

   caulking is not a piece of trim

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   TomT226 | Aug 05, 2003 02:01pm | #13

   Been using the "T" for awhile, and it really comes in handy when you've got really big cabs to hang or you're working injured.

   I screwed up my rotater cuff in my right shoulder so bad I couldn't lift my screwgun, so I used the jack to set the cab doors on while I screwed'em on. Worked like a charm....