Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Garden #12, 1 by JPlunket

JPlunket wrote:
More dependent on the ultimate obscurative power of the vine for a full appreciation is the HD clip method shown here. Benefit is mainly that you can put a pot anywhere along the trellis itself, also easier to put in place, if you have the right tools.

As I said, cheap at HD, with clamps in Tools section. wach handle alsready has a hole through it. This makes removing the dipgrip more of a challenge, but I just slid a razor knife in and loosened the material from around the hole --then the piece slides off pretty easily.

Put the thing in a vise or larger clamp or a vise-grip, and hack off the end of one handle with a cheap "pull" hacksaw.

Put a 3/4" woodscrew through the hole on the uncut side and you are ready to attach the gizmo to your trellis --a power screwdriver helps. Then put the dipgrip
back on, for looks and to protect your finger when pushing on it to open the clip. (For the photo, I pulled the dip-grip back off the hacksawed end to show that detail.)

This message was edited Jul 6, 2008 8:29 AM