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BAR & PIPE CLAMP sa BAR & PIPE CLAMP ACCESSORIES & JIGS sa BAR & PIPE CLAMP STORAGE x PIPE CLAMP xx CLAMP Cam-action clamps that can substitute for handscrews in many applications are built from scrap wood. Tip suggests use of aluminum pipe in pipe clamps. Tip on using black iron pipe with pipe clamps. Clamping with wedges. How to use the power of the wedge to exert clamping pressure. Shop-built clamps include a single-beam bar clamp, double-beam bar clamp and a deep-throat C-clamp. Tip on waxing bar and pipe clamps to prevent rust and facilitate removing dried glue. Tip on using bent (curved) pipe clamps for assembling chairs with curved rails. Tip: Make a substitute bar clamp from threaded rod and blocks of wood. How to build an inexpensive pipe-clamp collection. Includes tips on using gluing cauls to make pipe clamps even more useful. Techniques for successful clamping. (1) The frame maker's tourniquet. (2) Parallel bars for edge gluing. How to make a bar-style clamp out of scrap lumber for any size project. Wedges are used to apply pressure. Tip on using pipe couplings to make long pipe clamps from two or more shorter clamps. Tip on using two pipe clamps to span a longer distance. Tip shows how to make a wooden bar clamp where wedges supply the clamping force. Shop-made edge-gluing clamps apply pressure horizontally as well as vertically, so the joint edges are wedged tightly together and stay level. Tip: Use two bar clamps as an occasional door buck. Site-built bar clamp made from a length of 2x6, two wooden blocks and a wedge. Tip on using half of a pipe clamp and a pipe flange to form a hold-down clamp. Tip on using a quick-action bar clamp and a wooden wedge to clamp edging or nosing onto panels, shelves, countertops, etc. How to adjust bar clamps to eliminate the tendancy for large box pieces to be pulled out of square during the final tightening. Inexpensive long "bar clamps" are built from 2x4s and dowels. Folding wedges are used to apply the pressure. Gluing up. How to get a strong, square assembly when using bar clamps to do edge gluing, leg/rail assemblies, frame gluing, etc. Wooden bar clamps. How to make your own adjustable bar clamps from ordinary hardware and clear hardwood. Tip: How to lengthen a pipe clamp. Homemade bar clamps made from mild steel (3/4" wide, 1/8" thick), threaded rod, and wood. Pipe clamps. Six versatile tips for using and storing pipe clamps. Tip: How to reverse pipe clamps so they can be used to push something apart. Tip: How to eliminate tailstock slipping in an old "Pony" clamp. Tip: Use pipe couplers and 12" lengths of pipe to assemble pipe clamps to whatever length is required, while minimizing storage problems. Shop made sash clamps are made totally of wood and are adjustable up to any desired length. Tip: How to avoid stains caused by using uncoated "black" pipe in your pipe clamps. Shop-built edge-gluing clamp is a terrific bar clamp and also aligns the work pieces being glued. Adjustable wooden bar clamps for gluing up large panels and tabletops rely on scissor-style auto jacks to provide the clamping pressure. Racking clamps made from scrap wood are used to hold edge banding while glue sets. Made just slightly wider than needed, this shallow, non-adjustable C-clamp or bar clamp is simply "racked" or jammed against the edge to provide pressure. Simple, inexpensive and versatile bar clamps to close the miters on molding applied to cabinet doors. Push clamps. Combine shop-built threaded rod "adjusters" with scrap wood cauls to make clamps for edge-clamping of wide boards. Shop made cam clamps are inexpensive, easy to make and handy. The bar is made from aluminum scrap and the jaws (one fixed, one sliding) are made from scrap wood. Adjustable bar clamps are made from slotted steel angle, wooden pivot cam, wing nuts and bolts. Quick pair of bar clamps (of any desired length) are made from 2x4s. Pressure is supplied by wooden wedges. Ideal when edge gluing. Make your own 24" to 48" long bar clamps out of hardwood and hardware. How to make bar clamps from scrap lumber. Make your own adjustable bar clamps from hot-rolled strip steel and thinwall electrical conduit. Workshop minicourse. More about clamping. Using bar clamps, making your own clamp cradle for bar clamps, and using a rope clamp. Oak bar clamp for gluing stock. Make them in various lengths for different size stock. Tips shows how to use a pipe clamp as a long vise for holding material upright on your bench. Simple clamp for small pieces consists of two blocks of wood which slide on a dowel. Build elegant adjustable wooden bar clamps which have no metal parts. Budget bar clamps are made from 1x2 furring strips. Build both fast-action and wide-panel bar clamps from scrap pieces of wood and a few pieces of hardware. Simple pipe clamp arrangement serves the role of a bench vise for long work pieces. Product review and tests of three brands of quick clamps. Adjustable shop-made wooden bar clamp uses a wedge to apply pressure. Tip on making box assembly clamps from square steel tubing and threaded rods. Obtaining the correct gluing pressure when clamping wood joints for loudspeaker enclosures. Tips on using bar clamps, corner (miter) clamps, frame clamps, etc. Tip: Keep glue from sticking to your pipe and bar clamps by coating them with paraffin or paste wax. Tip: Use both strap clamp (web clamp) and pipe clamps when assembling a mitered box or frame. Rules for edge-joining using pipe clamps. Blow off the dust and put those pipe clamps to work. 8 ideas for expanding the usefulness of pipe clamps. Tailor-made bench hold-downs utilize one or more pipe clamps. Use pipe couplings to extend the length of pipe clamps. Secrets to clamping success. (1) Edge-joints. (2) Mitered frame. (3) Carcase/large box. How to bolt Quick-Grip Bar Clamps together for extra-reach capacity. Pressure-packed panel clamps. Make special clamps for edge-joining multiple boards which apply uniform clamping pressure to all four surfaces. Tip on drilling holes in the wooden handles of bar clamps so that they can be tightened adequately when clamping laminating jigs. Tip on using a socket wrench to adequately tighten a bar clamp when doing cold-bent lamination. One-handed wonders. A user test of one-handed bar clamps. Tip recommends changing F-clamp handles for a better grip. Wedge clamps, an inexpensive way to get it all together. Adjustable bar-style clamps are built entirely from wood. They feature a wide (4") top surface, making them ideal for gluing up flat boards. Wooden wedges are used to tighten the clamp instead of more expensive screw mechanisms. These are nice, solid looking clamps. Tip: Use a combination of handscrews and pipe clamps when gluing irregular shapes (such as curved legs to a turned upright). Tip on using two pipe clamps "end-to-end" to clamp an oversize piece. Low-cost 5-ft. bar clamp that uses standard off-the-shelf hardware and 3/4" rigid steel electrical conduit. Est. cost: $5. Tip on using only two bar clamps and filament tape to clamp wood edging to a long piece of plywood. Tip on using a bar clamp and bungee cord to clamp edges that are not parallel. Shop-made bar clamp with adjustable stop block is made from hardwood scraps. Technique for using a combination of band and bar clamps when clamping rounded stock. Tightening up on a budget. Two shop-made clamps built mostly of wood. (1) Adjustable double-bar clamp features interchangeable bars (longer or shorter). (2) Long-reach C-clamp. Tip on achieving the capacity of one long bar clamp by using two shorter clamps and a block of wood. Make your own adjustable sashcramps (bar clamps) from inexpensive G-clamps (C-clamps) of the strap-iron (not cast iron) variety and some wood. Make your own adjustable, lightweight sash-cramps (bar clamps). The clamps are made from steel bar stock and commercially-available aluminum castings. Sash and G-clamps are made from adjustable wall-shelving hardware. Wooden sash-cramps. Two sets of right-angled batten forms create a rectangular frame when pegged together. Pressure for gluing is achieved by inserting wedges between the frame and the carcase. Simple sash cramps (bar clamps) are made from wood. Wedges are used to supply clamping pressure. Convert C-clamps into sash clamps (bar clamps) by cutting in half and inserting steel bar stock. Make short pipe clamps from pieces of threaded rod, mild steel, and nuts. Using a scissor-style automobile jack, two C-clamps and a 2x4 to serve as an oversize bar clamp. Slats (with uniformly spaced holes) combined with dowels, spacer blocks and wedges are used to clamp boards being edge-glued together. L-shaped brackets, equipped with a threaded rod to apply pressure, are combined with wooden bars and stop blocks to form bar clamps of various lengths. Temporary oversize bar clamps can be made from threaded rod, wood, washers and nuts. Sash clamps are made from threaded rod, wing nuts, and wood. The threaded rods pass on both sides of the flat panel being clamped and provide more uniform pressure than a standard bar clamp. Adjustable shop-built bar clamp is made from wood and a short piece of threaded rod. Make them as long as needed. Tip on preventing the adjustable end of a pipe clamp from slipping as the teeth get more worn. Light-duty cam clamps made from leftover hardwood have a fixed jaw on one end and a second jaw that slides along the clamp bar. The sliding jaw is fitted with a pivoting cam. Improvised bar clamp using C-clamp and wood. Double-bar clamp is used when edge-gluing stock to make larger panels. This clamp will not bow and twist like some single-bar clamps. Made from thinwall conduit, wood, and threaded rod. Make your own large capacity, light duty bar clamps from aluminum bar stock and threaded steel rod. Special bar clamps for use when edge gluing small (narrow) pieces. Light duty bar clamps are made from wood, bolts and wing nuts. Economy bar clamps made from 2x2's. Wooden wedges provide the clamping pressure. Reproduce wooden bar clamps, C-clamps and handscrews which utilize threaded wooden dowels. | |||||||||
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