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Brillant, like the sun. Lest I ever forget why I visit LJ at least once a day. I must have 20 of those clamps sitting around looking for a job.

-- david roberts, spinning Tales from Topographic Oceans, no, really.

Very cool Idea and nice use of a clamp that hardly gets used.

-- ~ Inspiring those who inspire me ~

Man! that is going to be some pissed off clamps when i start drilling them but I paiid for them so why can I not put them to work? I too have a dozen of those gathering dust in the shop great idea!

-- All bleeding will eventually stop.

It’s a fun project, I supposed.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Steve, this is a good idea, but if you want even cheaper clamps you might have a look at the toggle clamps I designed and made out of plywood scraps. You can find them with the plans in my projects on my home page. You can also see one on my workshop photos being used on my sanding jig.

-- Mike, American in Norway

HD sells some of those clamps for $0.99 they have green rubber thingys

ingenuity!

-- Greg, Southern Oregon, www.oregonburls.com What can I say but God Is Good!

Great idea!

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

Mike – I have some commercial toggle clamps, but this application had hardly any clearance above the work surface. Your shop made toggles have been in my favorites and I have a plan (in my head) to modify them for a glue up fixture using a couple additions, still shop made. Will post it for your review when done.

looks good, but why not just use wood scraps? is it because the rubber ends make a difference?

Consider this idea stolen!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

hokiemojo – I needed very low profile above the board being held. If I made them out of wood, then they may have been too high using the scraps I had available. The rubber ends are a plus as they don’t leave any mark on the wood and help with keeping tension.

Actually, with the shop made and commercial it seems that putting a strip of rubber under one end of the hold down would be helpful to maintain the clamp load. In a normal clamp load (torque) you actually stretch the bolt which isn’t practical in wood work.

Steve.

cool. thanks for the response.

I have aluminum stock and vinyl dip both go well together. Does the same and make it any length you want.

The aluminum stoch is 1/2” wide by 1/8” thick by 4 ft. And a can of vinyl dip is about 7 bucks and goes a long way.

-- Measure once cut twice....oh wait....ooops.

Excellent idea, thanks.

-- "Man's ingenuity has outrun his intelligence" (Joseph Wood Krutch)