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My shop #1: Clamp modification

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This is part 1 in a 3 part series: My shop

  1. Clamp modification
  2. Overvieuw
  1. My small 5-1

Now I,m retired there is more time to reorganize my shop. Ten years ago I made my shop set up. From time to time bought some stuff and reorganisation was more than necessary. One of the things I did was making a bench you could see at ""https://woodworkingweb.com/creations/848-mftc-multi-function-tool-cart-or-mobile-workbench"":

In this blog series I want to show some modifications and some things I made the last time.

I bought a very cheap clamp (Euro 1,95) and changed it to use as a festool guide quick clamp. Below you can see how I did it.

First I to disassembled the common clamp.

Grinded the top of the rod.

Cut off the grinded top.

Then I welded the top perpendicular on the clamp rod.

And after grinding the changed clamp fitted into the saw guide rail

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9 Comments

Thorreain commented over 10 years ago

Nice solution!

CHRIS, Charlottetown PEI Canada. Anytime you can repurpose, reuse, or recycle, everyone wins!

shipwright commented over 10 years ago

That clamp looks a lot like the ones that Harbor freight sells. They aren’t orange any more and the innards have been improved but that looks exactly like one of their “$1.99 specials”.
I like the repurpose. It’s a great idea.

The early bird gets the worm but its the second mouse that gets the cheese.

Mike40 commented over 10 years ago

Excellent idea Jan. Welding skills can be a real asset for woodworkers, but I have never ventured into it for fear of burning down my shop and garage

Mike, an American living in Norway

lanwater commented over 10 years ago

Yeah, it’s the same one as the harborfreight.

Great thinking.

Abbas, Castro Valley, CA

Jared Seaver commented over 10 years ago

I do all welding out side well away from my shop. All ways afraid of fires. That said it is handy to be able to do.

smdesigns

Thorreain commented over 10 years ago

I have a pair of these cheap clamps that were given to me. They can’t be used to draw wood together as they are a poor design. The solution you have found to put them into use is great. They are good at holding onto something like making a jig so they are not totally useless but you have to be careful that they haven’t moved in a critical application.

CHRIS, Charlottetown PEI Canada. Anytime you can repurpose, reuse, or recycle, everyone wins!

Mark commented over 10 years ago

Excellent idea! I could use a few more Festool clamps.

Tomas commented over 10 years ago

This is my first experience reading WoodworkingWeb. I am a recently retired wood shop teacher turned principal. I am working on collecting some woodworking tools and getting back into sawdust therapy! Just wanted to comment on your creative clamp revision. I have a couple of these Harbor Freight clamps which work well on some “hold down” needs. Great suggestion, thanks for sharing.

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Thorreain commented over 10 years ago

I think I may be converting the 2 that I have, thanks for the idea.

CHRIS, Charlottetown PEI Canada. Anytime you can repurpose, reuse, or recycle, everyone wins!

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