Overhead Press/Clamp (MACPRESS)

quite the contraption ,
looks like something a scotsman would make (LOL) .

i bet it does come in handy too .

i can’t remember how many times ,
i have had to clamp something
to the floor , in the middle of the room .

this sure beats driving the car over it !

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Neat idea. Thanks for sharing.

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That is a great machine there. to bad the roof in my shop is about 14 foot.

Also looks like something to be used in a 3 Stooges skit.

I often use several old tractor weights I have for my “Newton” clamps.

-- That was not wormy wood when I started working on it.

Can you use this to control kids ? LOL

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Kind of like a mechanical version of a go-bar.

Or a smaller version:

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way - Tyler, TX

Clever!

-- RonWen

Different…..and useful!!!

-- Doug, New Mexico.......the only stupid question is one that is never asked!........don't fix it, if it ain't broke!

Yes Gary a vague memory of them probably inspired me, though I didn’t know the word. Do you know the origin of the word? (Etymology is one of my interests), when I had a look on Google I got a lot of information on places with topless pole-dancers, maybe they inspired some medieval luthier (we woodworkers never think of anything else) LOL
Gerard

-- Maclegno,Scotsman in Italy

cool idea, looks like it works great. I’ll need to build one when I put the loft above my shop. I’ll move this one to favorites right now. BTKS

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