We have belt stretchers at work, when I am ready to stretch some HC I’m pretty sure I’ll be borrowing one over the weekend lol
Ours are steel plates with the nuts welded on so you can imagine how fast and easy this would make it.
Since we not at work right now, I can’t send you a picture so I’ll try to explain.
On the open end where you sandwich the ( looks like you used 1x4 and 1x2s) wire to stretch it. Drill some holes and add lag bolts as well, three should be enough. So instead of running the wood screws in and...