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Ratchet Bar Clamp
Ratchet Bar Clamp
I wanted to try to make a clamp from mostly wood (except for the threaded rod of course)
Attachment 22809
So I made this Ratchet Bar Clamp from a 3/4" baltic birch plywood bar, and notched it like a sawblade.
I could then make the sides of the sliding tail stock from 5/8" baltic birch plywood, and a lever for a movable stop.
The stop lever for the notches are spring loaded with a rubber band.
Attachment 22810
The head stock (with the threaded rod) is also laminated from 5/8" and 3/4" BBP, and pinned with dowels
I tapped the threads directly into the wood, and this far it still works great after plenty of use.
I lubed it with some candle wax. If it strips, I just insert a T nut.
The handles are made from 1" wood dowels with foam bicycle handle grips on it.
Attachment 22811
I made a video on building this clamp:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qNbHbfgv9w
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Thanks Bellevue Woodshop! We've added your Ratchet Bar Clamp to our Clamps category,
as well as to your builder page: Bellevue Woodshop's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:
Thanks, I made a reply to you in my other thread about my builders page: http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/a...e-stop-66910-2 post #16
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