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willyC93 said:

Z, It is a copy of the $20 pipe press with an adjustable pipe clamp section at both ends of the pipe. All I had on hand for the finger was 1/2"x2" material, so it will be over kill when finished.

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You should be able to make that work, if you let it down in 2 stages of there isn't enough travel to do it in 1 stage. Count on going from 16⅛" at rest, to at least 22" fully relaxed. How much total travel do you have with both clamps? You will need about 5½" to 6" of total preload travel to let down fully, 2¾" to 3" per limb.

You can crank both clamps out to within ¼" to ⅜" of being fully compressed. Press just enough to remove the string, then let it down to where the cams rotate until just both cables are maintaing what's left of the preload.

Readjust to within max compression, just enough to be able to remove the cables, then you can possibly let it down to fully relax the limbs.

If that doesn't leave you enough travel, there is another easy way to skin this cat.

You will need a longer string and cables. You can use my wedge method to remove cables (one at a time) and replace with longer cables, then let it down. Put the longer string on, pulling back on the slack to remove wedge, relax limbs. Then use pipe clamp press to fully relax limbs from there.

Don't try this unless you fully understand the mechanics. If you need further information, ask for clarification first.