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Light-Duty Band Clamp

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BAND CLAMP IS INDISPENSABLEfor assembling mitered boxes, pic-
ture frames, chair frames, and the like. All you need to make a
light-duty band clamp is a length of^3 ⁄ 16 -in.-dia. braided nylon rope tied
in a packer’s knot. The rope is available at most hardware stores and is
cheap, strong, easy to store, and won’t mar the wood. The knot, illus-
trated above in case you’ve misplaced your trusty Boy Scout Hand-
book, will hold all the pressure you can put on it but will loosen
easily when you jerk the stub end.
Since discovering this band clamp, I’ve stopped using looped rubber
bands and strips of inner tube because they are more difficult to apply
and store.
—ROBERTVAUGHAN,Roanoke,Va.

CHAPTER NINE

Loosen knot by

pulling stub end.

Packer’s knot

Wrap loop around work

to use as band clamp.

Braided nylon rope