Bar-Clamp Stain Protectors
I
N THE PROCESS OFcollecting materials to glue up a tabletop, I dis-
covered that I was out of waxed paper. I always used waxed paper
between my work and the bar clamps to prevent the black stains that
invariably result when aliphatic-resin glue, iron, and wood combine for
any length of time.
In looking around for a suitable alternative, I remembered a short
length of^1 ⁄ 2 -in. schedule 40 PVC pipe I had. I cut the pipe lengthwise
with my bandsaw to reveal a slot just under^1 ⁄ 2 in. Then I cut the pipe
into convenient 6-in. segments and snapped the segments over the
iron bars of the clamps. If the slot is the right width, the segments will
grip the bars and stay in place even when the clamps are turned over
or hung up to store.
—THORNTONTRAISE,Omaha, Neb.
CHAPTER NINE6-in. lengths
of^1 ⁄ 2 -in. PVC pipe
protect work from
clamping-bar stains.