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    Bar clamps, cam operated

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    The idea for this clamp, suitable for light-duty assemblages, like guitars, comes from Robert Wearing’s excellent book, “Woodwork Aids and Devices”.

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    I have had this book for many years. I have completed many of the projects in it, but not more than half ! (The annotations show the ones I HAVE done)Bar clamps, cam operated-image.jpg.

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    Here is a view of the cam, which is rosewood, showing how pressure is applied. I made the stocks in maple, which I retrieved from a colleague who had cut up some lengths for firewood, but it splits very readily, so a better alternative would be elm. The bars are mahogany, I think. At any rate, they needed handplaning parallel for fit. I made about two dozen, all by hand.
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    Thanks Philip Davies! We've added your Bar Clamps to our Clamps category,
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    Nice work. You can never have too many clamps!

    As for the Maple, what sort of Maple was this. I have some hard Maple that would be very hard to split. Ive heard that Silver Maple is terrible for Wood working thus the use as Fire wood.

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    Can’t tell you what sort of maple, Wizard. I use what is available, although clearly it would be a factor if you want to make some. When I saw that my colleague had cut all these pieces, already PAR & to length, instantly I thought “clamps!”



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