I gotta glue up this Frame but I have a bit of a problem it is a bit bigger than my longest
clamps can reach so just build a longer clamp right but I've never made my own bar clamps
because making an adjustable locking mechanism like this out of wood would be really hard
and most screws have much less lead per turn than the screws on here and then I'd still
need a pad on the end and these things really don't cost that much so it's not worth the
trouble I could also hook two clamps together but that just gets too fiddly so maybe if
I could just extend the clamp because I only need the screw thingy on one side and so I
came up with this clamp extender and a regular clamp just fits into here close that in to
lock it and then I can just use that as though it was a really long clamp and I've used this
already gluing together in this Frame here but for this Frame I want to be able to glue
multiple joints at the same time because there's a little bit of twist in the joints and so
I gotta build some more I need a slot to accept the bar of the clamp and I'll just cut that
all the way through so I can cut this part with a band saw
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clamp fits in here now I just need a backstop which will be this piece glued in the slot
this hole creates a weak spot so I'm going to reinforce it like this now I need to cut
some slots in here to attach this part here and I'll just put this whole thing clamps
and all in my box joint jig [Music]
thank you I cut the slots in here quite narrow because this is actually the weak part this
part is a fair bit wider this way and it's also a denser wood now I just need to cut
much wider slots in this sport to fit into here
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now as this clamp is tightened it has a tendency to come up like this which is why I have these
tabs on here to hold it in place
lock it in and let it out now this works fine as long as I'm clamping a box that's opened
like this but if I want to clamp like this I have a problem but I have a solution for
that I've taken the rivet out of the end of this clamp so I can put the end on backwards
and now I'll put this in here like so
and now I can clamp like this foreign
for the first two joints of this Frame I can just glue them together one at a time they'll
have the other joints Thrive it to make it easier to clamp
and when gluing multiple joints at the same time there's really no time to fiddle with
trying to hook clamps end to end so these things really save a lot of time and make
it easier
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