Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Tightening pipe clamps..can be a pain..

Found this great tip online..tried it and it works really great!
Tightening a pipe clamp can be a real knuckle buster when the pipe clamp sits on the workbench. So I made a couple ¾″-thick wood spacer blocks to raise the pipe clamps up and make it easy to turn the handle.

These clamp blocks have the added advantage of acting as clamps pads to protect the workpiece from the clamps.

Walter Neu
Naples, Idaho

I made mine about 3" wide by 4" tall out of some scraps I had left over...raises the work off the bench top. Sorry don't know how to include a pic here....

But here is a link to the website I found this on.

http://www.woodnet.net/tips/clamping/pipe-clamp-blocks/


1 comment:

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