Clam Clamps

[Getmaverick]

I am in need of some of these. I have a job coming up in February and don't have time to get some made. I was wandering if anyone has tried the Woodriver knockoffs?

 

[Bob D.]

Do you have time to make some of your own?

Here's three examples, but if you search YT for 'cam clamps' you'll find dozens.

 

[RKA]

He's talking about these clamps:

https://www.woodcraft.com/products/miter-max-corner-clamp-woodriver?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIitzhk8_C5gIVipOzCh31iQ3gEAQYASABEgJmZPD_BwE

 

[ChuckM]

I would never have guessed that he was actually referring to miter corner clamps, though he did say he wouldn't have time to make any. [eek]

 

[Getmaverick]

Yes, from Chestnut Tools. There is a long wait list and I doubt I would get mine by February.

 

[Cheese]

Yes, from Chestnut Tools. There is a long wait list and I doubt I would get mine by February.

Well that's interesting...I ordered mine and received them in about 7-10 days.  [eek]  Obviously that was a few years ago though.

 

[derekcohen]

GM, there is a much simpler - if you do not mind free - solution ... a doe’s foot.

This is made from a piece of scrap, with a square section removed. That is the corner clamp. It is used with a hold down of your choice ...

Use one at each end. They have incredible holding power. I hold down boards and then place across and down the boards. They do not move.

Not just for work holding, but also for clamping frames together, including mitres.

Posted on a train to Vienna

Derek

 

[Getmaverick]

This is a clam clamp.

 

[Michael Kellough]

I have several of these Old school Hartford clamps. They look like they’re at least a century old and only cost a few dollars each at a yard sale a quarter century ago. I don’t think I’ve ever used them except as a test. The pins are way too big for something that would be seen. I guess there would have been smaller trim nailed over the big stuff these clamps would have been used on.