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    Mechanical waistband stretching anyone?

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    • Bfd70B
      Bfd70
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      I’ll play

      The “jaws of life.” Perhaps in this case “jawns of life?”
      337,230 pounds (1,500 kn) of spreading force which means it is rated to stretch up to 25oz denim.  🙂

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      • ChapC
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        … or kill it.

        “Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.”
        — Winnie The Pooh

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        • neph93N
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          @Bfd70:

          I’ll play

          You’ll win! I love it.

          «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
          We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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          • GilesG
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            @Chap:

            … or kill it.

            Or kill the operator when that tack buttons flies off…... 😃 😃 😃

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            • Bfd70B
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              Safety 3rd I always say.

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              • KasiK
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                More like overdose then kill it… plus it sideways no good more chance ripping the button
                Like @neph93 was saying did the same, is bang on put my hand on the top to play safe.. work like a charm.

                I got 1 inches bigger in the waste line. When brought the size was 32.4, they are now 34.

                Some dream of being cool, I make it look dangerous.🖕

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                • Bfd70B
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                  I promise it was just for a laugh.

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                  • KasiK
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                    Like G said kill the operator  😃

                    That’s the best laugh

                    Some dream of being cool, I make it look dangerous.🖕

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                      the246guy
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                      I came across this thing here:

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                      IH-555N | IH-666S-21 | IH-777D | IH-666 XHS | IHG-035 | IHB-06 | IH-721-KHA
                      IHSH-251 | IHSH-07 | IHSH-246 * 2

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                        the246guy
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                        And another simple solution here:

                        IH-555N | IH-666S-21 | IH-777D | IH-666 XHS | IHG-035 | IHB-06 | IH-721-KHA
                        IHSH-251 | IHSH-07 | IHSH-246 * 2

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                        • ?
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                          Worked! Almost 2cm extra 😎

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                          • WhiskeySandwichW
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                            I swear my waist hasn’t grown, but my 21oz jeans are getting a little snug. Before trying some of the methods above and risking a button pop, I’m trying a waistband soak and wearing them damp while I cut out some stumps in the yard. I do feel like I’m still risking a button, but anything to keep rock in the 21s.
                            Something great about a button fly tho, is i could always just leave the top undone and cover with my belt I guess.

                            "The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
                            -Seneca

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                            • WhiskeySandwichW
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                              So my wet-waist-and-wear method got me 1/2” more. I’ll take it, considering they already stretched like 1.5-2 inches from new, after 150+ wears.

                              "The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
                              -Seneca

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                              • jimcordJ
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                                I guess losing weight was not one of the available options?:). Cleaver way to stretch jeans!!:)

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                                • WhiskeySandwichW
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                                  @jimcord not really, I dont have much I can lose. I feel like over time all my jeans kinda slim up a bit. I usually wear a new pair damp when I first get them, then after 50-100 wears I start washing and only wear them dry. So they just shrink a bit and don’t stretch back out fully

                                  "The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
                                  -Seneca

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                                  • jimcordJ
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                                    @WhiskeySandwich hope I did not offend, was just giving you some grief…:) still think your idea was ingenious!:)

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                                    • WhiskeySandwichW
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                                      @jimcord no offense taken at all, not a bad problem to have really. I do think I’ll size up in the future though, knowing that I’ll probably only get bigger as I get older, can’t go down from here. Always glad to share my experience with experimentation

                                      "The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
                                      -Seneca

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                                        I've used a ratcheting bar wood clamp with the ends turned outwards with great success.

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