Making All Wood Cam Clamps, Updated 02/01/2022
Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can. Martha Graham Update, 02/01/2022 — I updated the link to Shopsmith Woodshop Tips, Tip #115 I need some clamps to hold guitar sides against the guitar top while I am assembling the guitar on the work board. I really wanted to make all wooden spool clamps, but I am facing a deadline. To make wooden spools clamps I would have to buy a wood threading tap and die set, then wait 2 weeks for Lee Valley to ship me some nice maple dowels. Then I'd have to turn the spool tops and bottoms on the lathe, not that that would be a bad thing, but as I said, I'm on a deadline. The plans that I followed to make these clamps can be found here . I thank ShopSmith for posting all those wood working tips! The plans are quite straight forward and easy to follow, though there is a misprinted dimension, it has to do with where the hole for the pivot is located on the ca