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26th January 2012, 12:09 PM #1
Clamping Tool
I just saw this on [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ThuAcB63bA&feature=uploademail"]YouTube[/ame] It looks a really effective way of clamping difficult angles. It made me wonder if the cabinet makers from by gone eras had their own versions.
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26th January 2012, 03:12 PM #2
They look expensive and my bet is that you could do the same thing with a couple of hinge components
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26th January 2012, 03:31 PM #3
Yep that's what I thought too, Or bend some flat iron into shape. Which is why I wondered if this was done in a different way in another time. They are not on their web site yet so I don't know what they cost.
BTW I have no vested interest in this product, I just like the simplicity of it.
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26th January 2012, 05:25 PM #4SENIOR MEMBER
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From the Woodcraft website
BLOKKZ Universal Clamping Blocks
Item #153789
$24.99
This is for 2 blocks and 2 neoprene clamping pads.
They do look useful.
Cheers
Frank
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26th January 2012, 07:38 PM #5
Thanks Frank
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27th January 2012, 11:21 PM #6SENIOR MEMBER
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I'm pretty sure there's a design for a couple of wooden wedges that do a similar job in a book I read - most likely Robert Wearing's Making Woodworking Aids and Devices.
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28th January 2012, 10:22 PM #7Senior Member
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My take on it is that the circular loop on the end allows clamping forces of the 2 clamps to pass through the middle of the circle, perpendicular to the tangent and this prevents the clamp from slipping. Could be "bodgied up" with a few lengths of bar welded to sections of water pipe, or even solid rod if you didn't need to string them together with sections of thinner rod
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30th January 2012, 10:06 PM #8
Just go down to your local hardware store and buy a couple of gate hinges. They are exactly the same design, only in galvanised steel.
Regards,
Denim
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31st January 2012, 08:01 AM #9
Somewhere on the laptop I have a off of how to make a wooden version. A strip of wood and a triangular piece (different angles I assume for non 90 degree corners). Will look it out when not on smart phone.
Chris
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31st January 2012, 10:10 AM #10Intermediate Member
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24.99 for a pair??? i think this is a better idea [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2trWWHH9dg&feature=fvwrel]Clamp a Picture Frame the Old Fashioned Way - YouTube[/ame]
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31st January 2012, 06:43 PM #11
Thanks Greek Carpenter. That's what I was getting at. I wasn't really looking at finding a cheaper way to copy them, rather what did people use in bygone days. I really like what I saw on You Tube and if i was doing frames & box's commercially I would spring for half a dozen of them. It looks a good idea and good luck to him.
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