Hi, all,

The wife loves those wooden 'barrel' style garden planters that you can find
in the garden centres, and to be fair they are better in the local climate
than the clay pots which fall apart in the frost.

The steel bands are the first part to fail (corrode) in the ones we have,
and since the timber seems in good enough condition to make a repair worth
it, I'm looking at sourcing presentable looking steel banding to reassemble
a good few of these pots. swmbo requires that it needs to be something
cosmetically presentable, so excessive numbers of holes and worm drive
tracks are out. The best I've found so far is this;

http://www.easupplies.com/BANDIT-GRC...d-p/mh45kf.htm

but 1/2 inch is a bit wide. Does anyone know of a better source, please?

Thanks!

Derek

On 08/06/2012 11:03, Derek Todd wrote:
Hi, all,

The wife loves those wooden 'barrel' style garden planters that you can find
in the garden centres, and to be fair they are better in the local climate
than the clay pots which fall apart in the frost.

The steel bands are the first part to fail (corrode) in the ones we have,
and since the timber seems in good enough condition to make a repair worth
it, I'm looking at sourcing presentable looking steel banding to reassemble
a good few of these pots. swmbo requires that it needs to be something
cosmetically presentable, so excessive numbers of holes and worm drive
tracks are out. The best I've found so far is this;

http://www.easupplies.com/BANDIT-GRC...d-p/mh45kf.htm

but 1/2 inch is a bit wide. Does anyone know of a better source, please?

Thanks!

Derek

Half inch doesn't sound wide to me. Standard packing strip as used
industrially is 13 mm wide and I think I have seen it in stainless.
People who use it for packing will have the tensioners and clips and
would probably make a neater job than you could, if you can find a local
small engineering firm who use it.

On "real" barrels most of the rings are slightly conical, difficult to
do without the proper kit. They are made as a ring and then drifted into
place.

Surely worm drive doesn't look too bad if the screws are put at the
back: I think this will be by far the easiest DIY.

On 08/06/2012 11:17, newshound wrote:
On 08/06/2012 11:03, Derek Todd wrote:
Hi, all,

The wife loves those wooden 'barrel' style garden planters that you
can find
in the garden centres, and to be fair they are better in the local
climate
than the clay pots which fall apart in the frost.

The steel bands are the first part to fail (corrode) in the ones we have,
and since the timber seems in good enough condition to make a repair
worth
it, I'm looking at sourcing presentable looking steel banding to
reassemble
a good few of these pots. swmbo requires that it needs to be something
cosmetically presentable, so excessive numbers of holes and worm drive
tracks are out. The best I've found so far is this;

http://www.easupplies.com/BANDIT-GRC...d-p/mh45kf.htm

but 1/2 inch is a bit wide. Does anyone know of a better source, please?

Thanks!

Derek

Half inch doesn't sound wide to me. Standard packing strip as used
industrially is 13 mm wide and I think I have seen it in stainless.
People who use it for packing will have the tensioners and clips and
would probably make a neater job than you could, if you can find a local
small engineering firm who use it.

On "real" barrels most of the rings are slightly conical, difficult to
do without the proper kit. They are made as a ring and then drifted into
place.

Surely worm drive doesn't look too bad if the screws are put at the
back: I think this will be by far the easiest DIY.

Worm drive? Can you get jubilee clips that large??

Agree about the banding. Without the tools I can't see it being done.

You can purchase a complete polyester strapping kit for £70 or so.

Worm drive? Can you get jubilee clips that large??

You can get long rolls of strip and separate screws and screw retainers.

In article ,
Fredxx writes:

Worm drive? Can you get jubilee clips that large??

I have some which are large enough to go around chimney pots.
Came with cowls, but i didn't use them.

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Andrew Gabriel
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On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 11:17:59 +0100, newshound wrote:

Half inch doesn't sound wide to me.

Depends on the size of the barrel. Are we talking barrel sized barrel
orsome little ordinary plant pot sized "barrel".

Standard packing strip as used industrially is 13 mm wide and I think I
have seen it in stainless. People who use it for packing will have the
tensioners and clips and would probably make a neater job than you
could, if you can find a local small engineering firm who use it.

Stainless and finding a company with the tooling etc to apply it
would be my choice. If the company also has the stainless tape all
the better I suspect the OP might baulk at the cost of a reel of
stainless tape. Just slip the company a few quid for the time an
materials.

On "real" barrels most of the rings are slightly conical, difficult to
do without the proper kit. They are made as a ring and then drifted into
place.

The conical shape of the barrel my well be a problem and cause even
packing strip to loosen and bottom half ones drop off. A few small
stainless screws might stop that happening, making holes in the
stainless packing strip, after fitting to the barrel so they end up
in the right place(s), might be fun.

--
Cheers
Dave.