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TOOLS, CONSTRUCTION, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY => What are you building? => Topic started by: Flyin6 on December 02, 2021, 06:33:13 PM
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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
Here they are:
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They are really quite simple and use a donor piece of wood to complete the assembly
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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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Then I assembled the plastic blocks to either end of the wood lengths.
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And they fit together like this:
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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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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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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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Looks very handy. Would you care to share the source?
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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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Thank you
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