I refuse to pay !

Nice hold downs!
I used something similar on my tapering jig.

Now that’s too funny. I’m sketching up a set right now myself. Great minds think alike! Or are we just cheap?

Thanks!

Chunk

-- Chunk

Frugal, cheap sound cheap…LOL…Blkcherry

I have 3 sets of rocklers hold downs…..I feel silly now…...LOL

-- Jerry - Rochester, MN *Whether you think you can or you can't, you are probably right*

I love stories like this, saving a buck here and there, I really enjoy this story because 20 bucks is a fair chunk of change for a couple of hold downs that you can make in no time, thanks for the post.

-- A hammer dangling from a wall will bang and sound like work when the wind blows the right way.

As a business owner I look at things different. How much did they really cost?
Trip to Rockler…...$$$$
Hour of my time making them…$$$$
Hour of lost income that I could have used my time for….$$$$

Now that being said:

The enjoyment of making them yourself….........”PRICELESS”
I guess that’s what makes us lumberjocks.

Great job on some nice hold downs.

timely post, I was just in HF over the weekend to pick up some gloves and walked by a display that had hold downs, only $4.75 ea, bought two and they work well, but time will tell. Never thought about making my own.

-- "You get what you inspect, not what you expect"

I made some just like these they work fine.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Nice cheap job.

-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.

RetiredCoastie,

Really a nice handsome and practical creation. Yours has that little extra reach.
I love T-track holddowns, it’s a great concept.

(I won’t ask what you’re “Retired” from since this project was from “after a bad day at work.”)

I retired from the U.S. Coast Guard but I still have to work to pay the bills. Once I get the DP table completed I’ll post pics.

Thanks for viewing and all your replies!

-- Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines! Mike D.

Rock on! I rather make it than buy it, too… And people like us aren’t cheap, we’re just frugality engineers

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

I have the Rockler hold downs also just because hard maple here costs more than a Lexus. Oh to have a bowling alley… Good use of reclaimed wood and they look good and strong!

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings

nice work on these…i didn’t know if it was just me thinking the $10 price tag on each of those was a bit high…definitely a nice option and well made!

look great but . . .
the plastic knobs gotta go. Check out chunkyC’s recent project. Still, looks great!
http://lumberjocks.com/projects/22805

or check out: http://sawdustmaking.com/WoodKnob/woodknob.htm

russv

-- yknotwood.com: where to go because you don't want no stinking plastic!