Clamps & Vises

Making A Wooden Vise

When you’ve spent more than half your lifetime working in construction, you’re bound to see a few of these: It’s...
Wooden Kant Twist Clamp

I believe I first saw this type of clamp while watching Frank Howarth’s excellent woodworking videos, and immediately though...
Making Wooden Bar Clamps

“You can never have too many clamps” – so true. Often, we only need two or three at a time, but occasionally the...
Making A Quick Adjust Steel Bar Clamp

I’ve wanted to make an all steel clamp for a while, and the recent long reach clamp strength “competition” betwe...
Making A “Real” Bar Clamp

Or, as real as they get but still use wood. I originally planned to make this clamp completely from steel (except the handle), but...
Making A Handsaw Vise

Since I have a few handsaws to fix up and resharpen, I figured it would be a worthwhile endeavor to make a simple vise for holding...
Shop Made Hand Screws

I’ve always wanted some hand screw clamps but never had any, for the simple reason that I wanted to make them and not buy th...
How to Make a Another Wooden Bar Clamp

This article was revised and expanded January 25, 2014 Leer este articulo en espanol This design takes the lessons learned from mi...
Making A Steel Bench Vise

Before getting started on the steel table build, I had a look for a bench vise. My experience with the lower cost vises was not po...
Easy Miter Clamping Dogs

There are lots of different ways to clamp miters and several clamps that are specifically designed to do that. This is an easy to ...
Make A Vise Stop Spacer Set

Here’s a “clone” of a very useful product. The Vise Rack Stop is so simple, you have to wonder why no one though...
Making a Rebar Clamp

Another homemade bar clamp. This one uses reinforcing steel for the bar, taking advantage of the ribs that are formed on the rod t...
Sargento de madera

This article was revised and expanded January 25, 2014 Traducido al español por Sergio Este diseño tiene en cuenta las lecciones...