OCTOBER JLC 2000 Products JLC 's Products by Dave Holbrook Speedy Suspenders Hanging just about anything overhead, including conduit, ducts, and air handlers is a no-brainer with Gripple Hang- Fasts. Wire rope, inserted into a channel in the zinc alloy block, passes under a serrated, one-way locking wedge. Passed back under another wedge through the opposite end, the rope can be continually adjusted under load in one direction, but cannot move back. Tensioning is as easy as pulling the rope farther past the wedge. With the working load removed, the wire may be backed out, using the provided setting key to decouple the wedge. It's lighter, faster, simpler, and cheaper than threaded rod or a perforated angle. Kits are available in
