What is a pudlock as in scaffolding terms 
Pudlock
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hotrod
It's basically for joining a horizonal and vertical scaffold pole together.
Nah - Thats a Pudlock Clip - the pudlock is the short horizontal pole set into a mortar joint at one end.
There may be regional differences.
There may be regional differences.
Agreed. Except it's not a pudlock - it's a putlog. They used to be, literally, a length of log built into the work as it proceeds. You sometimes can still see the holes up the sides of ancient stone buildings and very often see them on modern buildings where the joint has not been filled in after the putlog is removed.
Yours sincerely
P. E. Dant.
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hotrod
I always thought they were called putlogs too jeds (thought the OP had made a typo) but then I'm no scaffolder. The last time I erected some myself it was of the "Yellow Jelly" variety
The company that I started work with early 50s still used birch poles as standards and ledgers spliced together with wire bonds with 75x75mm beech board bearers.
The bearers were called putlocks and the holes for the bearers were called putlogs.
When present day tube scaffold came in as we know it now, the putlock name was dropped and they were called putlogs.
old un.
The bearers were called putlocks and the holes for the bearers were called putlogs.
When present day tube scaffold came in as we know it now, the putlock name was dropped and they were called putlogs.
old un.
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