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Web-Clamp Work Holder

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ECAUSE OF THEIR SIZEand shape, the musical instruments I build
are difficult to hold securely on the workbench for carving and
routing. So I use this simple web-clamp system to hold instruments, or
any other oddly shaped object, quite securely. Screw two or more web
clamps to the apron of your workbench, as shown in the sketch below.
When you need to secure a workpiece, grab the loose end of the web
strap, thread it from below through one end of several pre-cut slots in
your bench, then bring the strap up over the workpiece and back to
the clamp. Now stick a fold of the web into the spool so that it is
caught by the wrap around the tightening axle. Then tighten the
clamp to secure the workpiece. If necessary, make a cradle, as shown,
to hold the object.
—JEFFREYLEEGAY N O R,Rootstown, Ohio

CLAMPING

Hard-to-hold object

Web clamp

attached to the

bench apron

To tighten, tuck a

fold of the web

into the spool.

Slots in the benchtop

provide adjustment.

Cradle