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Handy Holdfast Clar My workbench doesn't have holes for bench dogs. And this makes it hard to hold some pieces in place whenever I need to work on them. To solve this problem, I made the holdfast clamp you see in the photo below. The adjustable vise-clamp allows you to hold down and quickly reposition materials of varied size, shape, and thickness. It clamps to any table or bench and can be quickly removed when you need to clear the worksurface for other work. To make the clamp, first cut a piece of 3/4" plywood to size. Then drill a series of 15/32n holes about IV2" from one edge so there's room to tighten the nut below. These holes accept the bolt of the vise-clamp for repositioning the clamp. Using the clamp is easy. Just clamp the board to a bench or table and secure the vise-clamp in one of the holes. Then adjust the tension on the handle and clamp the workpiece in place. Serge Duclos Delson, Quebec, Canada Submit Your Tips If you have an original shop tip, we would like to hear from you and consider publishing your tip in one or more of our publications. Just write down your tip and mail it to: ShopNotes, Tips for Your Shop, 2200 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50312. Please include your name, address, and daytime phone number (in case we have any questions). If you would like, FAX it to us at 515-282-6741 or send us an email message at: shop-notes@shopnotes.com. We will pay up to $200 if we publish your tip. The Winner! Congratulations to Jack Huff of Nutley, New Jersey. His tip on making an adjustable infeed/outfeed planer table was selected as winner of the Porter-Cable router just like the one shown at the right. His planer table is simple to build and helps minimize planer snipe. To find out how you could win a Porter-Cable router check out the information above. Your tip just might be a winner. A ShopNotes. Issue 82 July/August 2005 PUBLISHER Donald B. Peschke EDITOR Terry J. Strohman SENIOR EDITORS Bryan Nelson, Vincent Ancona ASSOCIATE EDITORS Phil Huber, Ted Raife ASSISTANT EDITORS Ron Johnson, Mitch Holmes EXECUTIVE ART DIRECTOR Todd Lambirth ART DIRECTOR Cary Christensen SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER Jamie Downing SENIOR ILLUSTRATOR Roger Reiland ILLUSTRATORS David Kallemyn, Peter J. Larson CREATIVE DIRECTOR Ted Kralicek SENIOR PROJECT DESIGNERS Ken Munkel, Kent Welsh,Chris Fitch SHOP CRAFTSMEN Steve Curtis, Steve Johnson SR. PHOTOGRAPHERS Crayola England, Dennis Kennedy ASSOCIATE STYLE DIRECTOR Rebecca Cunningham ELECTRONIC IMAGE SPECIALIST Allan Ruhnke VIDEOGRAPHERS Craig Ruegsegger, Mark Hayes ShopNotes® (ISSN 1062-9696) is published bimonthly (Jan., March, May, July, Sept, Nov.) by August Home Publishing, 2200 Grand Ave, Des Moines, LA 50312. ShopNotes® is a registered trademark of August Home Publishing ©Copyright 2005 by August Home Publishing. All rights reserved. Subscriptions: Single copy: $4.95. One year subscription (6 issues), $27.95. Canada/International add $10 per year, U.S. funds. Canadian Subscriptions: Canada Post Agreement Number 40038201. Send change of address information and blocks of undeliverable copies to PO Box 881, Station Main, Markham, ON L3P 8M6. Canada BN 84597 5473 RT Periodicals Postage Paid at Des Moines, IA and at additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send change of address to ShopNotes, P.O. Box 37103, Boone, IA 50037-2103. ONLINE SUBSCRIBER SERVICES • ACCESS your account • CHECK on a subscription payment • TELL IIS if you've missed an issue • CHANCE your mailing or e-mail address • REIUEW your subscription • PAY your bill Click on "Subscriber Services" in the list on the left side of our home page. Menus and forms will take you through any of the account-maintenance services you need. HOW TO REACH US: FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS, ADDRESS CHANGES OR QUESTIONS, WRITE OR CALL: Customer Service 2200 Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA 50312 800-333-5854 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT OR SEND AN E-MAIL TO: orders@shopnotes.com August Home X Jl. publishing company Printed in U.S. A. 5 |
