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New wood panel clamps
« on: December 02, 2021, 06:33:13 PM »
Now that i am producing timber from the saw mill, I have need to make up panels for tables and doors and cabinets.

I decided to build a maiden voyage project of a simple desk for a grand child.

The clamps I purchased clamp on the ends while also applying pressure on the top and bottom or front and back depending on orientation

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Re: New wood panel clamps
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2021, 06:34:20 PM »
They are really quite simple and use a donor piece of wood to complete the assembly
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Re: New wood panel clamps
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2021, 06:36:10 PM »
So, I picked out some nice 2X6 lumber and cut 2.5" X 48" pieces, 8 total pieces to create four clamps

I planed them down to 2.25" thick
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Re: New wood panel clamps
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2021, 06:37:07 PM »
Then I assembled the plastic blocks to either end of the wood lengths.
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Re: New wood panel clamps
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2021, 06:37:56 PM »
And they fit together like this:
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Re: New wood panel clamps
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2021, 06:40:47 PM »
As the clamp is tightened it pushes on either end, tightening up a glue joint, and holds all pieces flat while applying that pressure.

The top of the desk is 27" X 50", and that was the very first clamping project. Those are boards recently milled on my saw mill from 190 year old logs. The stuff was pretty seasoned to be sure!
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Re: New wood panel clamps
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2021, 06:42:28 PM »
Oh, and to keep the clamps from becoming a permanent part of the first clamping project, I covered all surfaces that will touch clamped materials with aluminum duct tape to keep the glue from sticking.
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Re: New wood panel clamps
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2021, 10:16:51 PM »
I built one of these at the cabinet shop which helped  a bunch for some of rough sawn projects.  Very helpful tool with a 2” router bit


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Re: New wood panel clamps
« Reply #8 on: December 03, 2021, 06:00:33 AM »
Looks very handy. Would you care to share the source?

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Re: New wood panel clamps
« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2021, 09:05:38 AM »
Looks very handy. Would you care to share the source?

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Sure, here ya go:

https://www.ptreeusa.com/clamp_brand_fulton.html
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Re: New wood panel clamps
« Reply #10 on: December 03, 2021, 09:11:19 AM »
Thank you

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