Woodworker's Journal 2009-33-2, страница 69

Woodworker

pro tip:

To leave room for clamping blocks or pads, buy clamps that are at least a couple of inches longer than the size of the biggest workpieces you're likely to clamp.

also raise and steady the clamp. Woodpecker's magnetized clamping bars stick to any steel clamp jaw and distribute clamping pressure over a wider area.

Support blocks keep bar clamps aligned and steady during use. They're included as part of both Bessey's and JLT's parallel clamping systems. The JET blocks feature screw-on studs that fit into 3/4-in. bench dog holes, to help keep clamps in place.

Alignment devices help align parts and keep them from moving as clamps are applied. Woodpecker's Clamping Squares

and Box Clamps and Rockler's Clamp-It® Assembly Squares keep frame and carcass corners perfectly perpendicular during clamping (Rockier also makes an adjustable Clamp-It * assembly tool, for angled corners). Lee Valley's plastic right-angle assembly clamps don't hold parts as rigidly, but they snap in place very quickly and easily. To keep boards and panels glued edge-to-edge flat during glue-up, Woodpecker's clamping system includes sturdy flat bars as well as

Whether used with right-angled corners or angled assemblies, alignment devices help keep parts in place as clamps are applied.

spring-loaded "Side Kick" clamps that straddle the glue line at the ends of the boards.

Sandor Nagyszalanczy is a writer/photographer and regular contributor to Woodworker's Journal. His books are available at www.sandorsworkshop.com.

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