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Anyone know, in construction or home woodworking, what a tool called a "spreader" is or does?
It is a metal bar with two "arms" and with a knob in the center to tighten or loosen the arms. What projects it it used for?
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- A "spreader" is sort of like a clamp only the opposite. It pushes things apart, instead of pulling them together. Some of the Nicer bar clamps are reversible, so that they double as spreaders.
- It might be a tie bar. These are used to form an A frame in roofing supports such as conservatories or green houses, They hold two angled rafters from spreading out of position. DWD
