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Re: Awaiting my "first" kit - I AM GOING STIR CRAZY!
Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 5:27 pm
by Kevin in California
Peter,
It is just cutting a slot for the bar...you can do this on a bandsaw, or even with a handsaw. You probably would be using 1/8" bar stock, maybe 3/16"...that is how wide your slot needs to be, and at least as deep as the bar is wide.
Re: Awaiting my "first" kit - I AM GOING STIR CRAZY!
Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 5:29 pm
by Kevin in California
Here are some clamps I made last fall
Re: Awaiting my "first" kit - I AM GOING STIR CRAZY!
Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 5:39 pm
by dave d
Good photo Kevin. Even better way of doing it. A slot rather than a mortise works just fine.
Re: Awaiting my "first" kit - I AM GOING STIR CRAZY!
Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 7:59 pm
by peter havriluk
Kevin and Dave, thanks for the explanations and the picture. Kevin, did you leave the slot for the steel strip unfilled at the back?
Re: Awaiting my "first" kit - I AM GOING STIR CRAZY!
Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 8:34 pm
by Kevin in California
Yep, actually on the bottom the bar is flush with the end, on the top I just left it open, there are two steel pins that the bar slides between and jams against.
Re: Awaiting my "first" kit - I AM GOING STIR CRAZY!
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 12:37 pm
by Herman
That are real nice clamps Kevin.
Re: Awaiting my "first" kit - I AM GOING STIR CRAZY!
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 12:41 am
by Rick Garrett
Orison, I know how you feel,almost 2 weeks also. Just getting all the tools and supplies together .I can't wait for it to arrive.