stan250
24th August 2008, 06:09 PM
With sash clamps being the price that they are, does anyone have a design for homemade sash clamps using some sort of timber and peg arrangement?
IanW
24th August 2008, 07:01 PM
With sash clamps being the price that they are, does anyone have a design for homemade sash clamps using some sort of timber and peg arrangement?
Dunno about pegs - I suppose you could use some sort of paired wedge arrangement, but if you can get hold of a wood threading kit, you can make somethine like this:
The 'exploded' view should illustrate the construction.
Cheers,
BernieP
24th August 2008, 07:18 PM
G'Day Stan
Try this http://www.craftsmanspace.com/Free%20projects/Wooden%20Clamp.pdf
Cheers
Bernie
stan250
24th August 2008, 08:39 PM
Thanks guys- they look like good projects.
I knocked up something just now which seems to work quite well- the only downside I can see so far is that you do have to mess around planing blocks so that they are just oversize enough to hammer in between the peg- but hey if you can save a few hundred and it does the job, why not.