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
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!
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-- Mike, an American living in Norway
-- The early bird gets the worm but its the second mouse that gets the cheese.
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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