Clamps & Vises

How To Make A Corner Clamp

When you want to make a mitered frame for some reason, like a picture frame, an easy to use corner clamp is a must have. But the p...
How To Make The Ultimate Wooden Clamp

Really? Ultimate? That’s a word that gets thrown around a lot these days, especially on places like YouTube where you need t...
Wooden Vise Grip Clamp

Steel is strong. Much stronger than wood, in fact. However, I think it’s interesting to see how well wood can work for tools...
How To Make A Parallel Jaw Bar Clamp

Another clamp build? Yes! I consider this one to be a direct replacement for my most recent long wooden bar clamp design and also ...
Making The Power Wedge Bar Clamp

At this point I’m not sure just how many wooden clamps I’ve designed and made, but it’s safe to say this one is ...
Wooden Drill Press Vise

UPDATED – Recently, I bought this drill press vise: Shortly after unpacking it from the box it came in, I was preparing to p...
How To Make A Straightedge Guide

A project on my to-do list for a long time has been a self-clamping straightedge guide made from wood. Years ago I had a retail ve...
Making A Twin Screw Vise

It wasn’t long after I finished building my quick release vise that I started thinking about one that has two lead screws, w...
How To Make A Strap Clamp

I’ve never owned a real strap clamp, making do with clumsy ratchet straps and other less than ideal methods. But I recentl...
Easy To Make Clamp Rack

My new wooden bar clamps have been taking up space with the other clutter I have on my workbench, so I figure it time to build a s...
How To Make A Wooden Bar Clamp

At this point, I’ve lost count of how many different wooden clamps I’ve designed and made over the years. Some were su...
Homemade Quick Release Vise

This article is different from my usual. In it, I’ve used a lot more video than I have before. I believe that this can give ...
Making A K-Body Style Wooden Bar Clamp

NOTE: There is an improved long bar clamp with plans available. It’s the big one! This clamp is easy to make and can be made...
Making A Bar Clamp From Wood And Steel

I’ve made several different types of clamps, but most have used just wood for all of the major parts. This one makes use of ...
Making An Edge Clamp

Ready for another homemade clamp? This one is special: it’s used for clamping solid wood edge banding onto the edge of a ply...
Roy Salveson’s Edge Clamp

A Guest Project by Roy Salvesen In need of a clamp to hold my solidwood edging in place I looked at some clamps commercially avail...
Making A Deep “C” Clamp

Not another clamp! Yes, another. This time a “C” clamp with a 10″ deep throat, giving it an extra long reach. It...
Better Clamp Handles

More than a year ago I bought six new 6″ bar clamps that were on sale for a pretty good price. The clamps work well and I on...
Make Perfect Star Knobs With A Jig

If you make jigs and fixtures for your shop, you will probably need knobs to tighten or make adjustments for various things. And i...