Fast Toggle Clamp Adjustment

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Fast Toggle Clamp Adjustment

American Woodworker Editors AW139, Clamping, Clamps, Techniques, Toggle Clamp, Tricks of the Trade, Workshop Tips

Toggle clamps are great for all sorts of jigs and fixtures. However, you need a wrench to adjust the length of their posts. To make life easier, replace the clamp’s hex nut with a wing nut. For clamps with two …
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Crosscut Sled Cam Clamp

American Woodworker Editors AW133, CAM, Clamping, Clamps, crosscut, sled, Techniques, Tricks of the Trade

CROSSCUT SLED CAM CLAMP I use a sled for cross cutting 3/4-in. melamine and plywood panels up to 24 inches wide. These panels can be hard to hold in position while making a cut, so I installed a cam lever …
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Magnetic Clamping Blocks

Pop Wood Editors Clamping, Clamps, Gluing and Clamping, Magnets, November 2009 #179, Techniques, Tricks of the Trade, Workshop Tips

Difficult glue-ups are troublesome enough without having to position clamp pads as part of the process. I’ve tried using hot-melt glue, double-sided tape and various other methods to hold pads onto clamp jaws, but they always seemed to fall off ……

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Clamp Spacers

American Woodworker Editors AW134, Clamping, Clamps, Glue-up platform, Spacer, Techniques, Tricks of the Trade, Workshop Tips

While I was gluing up the pedestals for an oak desk, I realized I needed a way to hold the sides parallel at the front. Three Quick-Grip clamps and a scrap wood spacer did the trick. They installed in seconds …
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Clamp it like Krenov

David Welter 306, Clamping, Miter Joints

A Krenovian technique from the workshop of David Welter

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