How easy it is to make a clamp

Clamps are needed in workshop for different purposes. Usually the master has a whole set of such devices of various sizes. But there are situations when a lot of clamps are needed. For example - if you started make your own furnitureand you need to lock the edges until they are fully secured. You can make such devices with your own hands, it is not as difficult as it seems. The experience of the author of a YouTube channel will be useful to you in this regard. GOOD_WOOD

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1 What is required to make a small clamp
2 Fitting the nut to the clamp
3 How the clamp is assembled

What is required to make a small clamp

The set of parts for making a small clamp is very simple: these are two large bolts, an elongated nut for them and one small bolt.

Changes will only need to be made to the elongated nut, for this you need a grinder with a cutting disc and a tap for threading.

How easy it is to make a clamp — That's the whole set of materials, as you can see, it is very simple

Fitting the nut to the clamp

The extended nut will be the base for the clamp. Since it is designed to be fixed to a standard width chipboard boards, you need to prepare it and make some changes.

Measure the width of the tabletop and make a corresponding cut in the elongated nut. The easiest way to do this is with a grinder. Remove the entire surface of the nut, leaving a plate about 1 cm wide. Work requires a certain amount of care

The result should look like this. The nut now slides over the hem effortlessly

In the center of the back wall of the workpiece, you need to drill a hole for a small bolt. The hole should be threaded

How the clamp is assembled

Assembling the structure is as easy as shelling pears, you just need to connect four parts together.

A small nut should be screwed into the hole in the back wall. She will fix the edge. To prevent the bolt from leaving marks on the material, you need to glue a soft silicone gasket to its tip.

Large nuts are screwed in from the sides of the improvised clamp. They also need to glue gaskets.

A small but very strong edge clamp is ready. It will be useful to you more than once, and all the work will take a few minutes

You can make as many of these clamps as you need to work with the furniture. And besides, similar fasteners can be used for other works in the workshop.

If you set out to make a real clamp with adjustable height, then watch this video master class:

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