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Clamping a large molding miter

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I've been making frames from moldings for years, but my usual methods failed to be up for the challenge of mitering three and a half inch wide moldings.
Somewhere in the past I had used this method and forgotten it.

I just use bits from the scrap bin, a couple of straight pieces and a couple of 45º triangles to make up the blocks clamped onto the moldings. That gives me a place to clamp directly across the miter.
This method doesn't require clamping the moldings to the bench or in any kind of fixture.

I found that wood screw clamps work best for me to fasten the blocks to the moldings and a Bessey Duoclamp across the miter to pull it together. I think this allows me the greatest clamp pressure.

Don
 

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Clamping a large molding miter

Wood Rectangle Hardwood Font Flooring


I've been making frames from moldings for years, but my usual methods failed to be up for the challenge of mitering three and a half inch wide moldings.
Somewhere in the past I had used this method and forgotten it.

I just use bits from the scrap bin, a couple of straight pieces and a couple of 45º triangles to make up the blocks clamped onto the moldings. That gives me a place to clamp directly across the miter.
This method doesn't require clamping the moldings to the bench or in any kind of fixture.

I found that wood screw clamps work best for me to fasten the blocks to the moldings and a Bessey Duoclamp across the miter to pull it together. I think this allows me the greatest clamp pressure.

Don
Elegant and effective, Don.
 

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Clamping a large molding miter

Wood Rectangle Hardwood Font Flooring


I've been making frames from moldings for years, but my usual methods failed to be up for the challenge of mitering three and a half inch wide moldings.
Somewhere in the past I had used this method and forgotten it.

I just use bits from the scrap bin, a couple of straight pieces and a couple of 45º triangles to make up the blocks clamped onto the moldings. That gives me a place to clamp directly across the miter.
This method doesn't require clamping the moldings to the bench or in any kind of fixture.

I found that wood screw clamps work best for me to fasten the blocks to the moldings and a Bessey Duoclamp across the miter to pull it together. I think this allows me the greatest clamp pressure.

Don
Gr8 idea. Sure beats payin those high dollars for those clamps when u can make um yourself.
 

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