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Car-Jack Bar Clamps H ERE’S A WAY TO MAKElow-tech wooden bar clamps for gluing up panels, tabletops, and the like. The inexpensi ...

Clamping Wide Boards I N BOOKCASE CONSTRUCTION ANDother large-carcase work, it is often necessary to join wide boards in an H. W ...

Adjustable Shopmade Clamps W OODWORKERS NEEDING TOedge-join boards on a regular basis should consider using slotted-steel angles ...

Making Clamps F OR MANY PEOPLE WHOaren’t professional cabinetmakers, wooden clamps are in the luxury-tool class. Good commercial ...

Double-Duty Edge-Gluing Clamps T HIS SHOP-BUILT EDGE-GLUINGclamp performs double duty. It is not only a terrific bar clamp, but ...

Homemade Edge-Gluing Clamps H ERE’S AN INEXPENSIVE BUTeffective homemade clamp for edge- gluing stock. Unlike a pipe clamp, it w ...

Toolmaker’s Clamp I ’VE SEEN SEVERAL WOODENclamp designs presented in “Methods of Work” in Fine Woodworking but none similar to ...

the side that takes the thrust. The thrust-nuts that bear up against the bearings must be locked into position on the threaded r ...

Simple Hand Clamp H ERE IS A SIMPLE HANDclamp that can be made without any threading or tapping—the only tools needed are a dril ...

Clothespin Clamps I MAKE HEAVY-DUTY CLOTHESPINclamps from two hardwood sticks (^1 ⁄ 2 in. square by 7 in. long), a short^5 ⁄ 8 - ...

Homemade Bar Clamps Y OU CAN NEVER BE TOOthin, too rich, or have too many bar clamps. But a woodworker’s cash usually goes towar ...

Braze a short length of pipe onto the end of the threaded rod and drill it to accept a tommy bar of^1 ⁄ 4 -in. steel rod. Peen t ...

Turnbuckle Clamp I MAKE AN INEXPENSIVE BOXclamp from turnbuckles, long stove bolts, washers, and scrapwood. Remove the ring bolt ...

Clamping Pads for Bar Clamps I DON’T HAVE A THIRDhand to hold a non-marring pad under the screw of my bar clamp. So I cut a slot ...

Bar-Clamp Stain Protectors I N THE PROCESS OFcollecting materials to glue up a tabletop, I dis- covered that I was out of waxed ...

Reversing Pipe Clamps I T’S HANDY TO BEable to reverse a pipe clamp so it can be used to push something apart. In fact, special ...

Furniture Disassembly Jack T HOSE OF US WHO Repair furniture often come across a chair or table that is so loose it needs to be ...

Picture-Frame Clamp T HIS PICTURE-FRAME CLAMPbeats anything else I’ve tried. Make the device from^3 ⁄ 4 -in.-thick, 2-in.-wide h ...

Low-Cost Picture-Frame Clamp M Y PICTURE-FRAME CLAMPuses a tourniquet to apply pressure at the glue joints. To make the clamp, c ...

For the rope, choose something with a little stretch—I use^1 ⁄ 8 -in. nylon. Tie a loop in the rope just long enough so that it ...