Homemade clamps

[bbn]

MIC clamps are getting cheaper and cheaper nowadays. The 6"-8" bar clamps can be had for P66 at the malls when I looked a few days ago, not really bad considering C-clamps cost significantly more even today. If you need lots of clamps or simply like tools like I do you can buy 2 every time you are at the mall and soon enough you'll have plenty.

Unfortunately, aside from these smallish MIC clamps, most others are still quite expensive. Here is a link to a design for a http://woodworkstuff.net/HoweClamp.html.

http://woodworkstuff.net/HoweClamp1.jpg

When I get the chance I'll buy some Yakal and try making some.

[j2sip]

go go go sir lncc63! I saw those clamps in several guitarbuilding sites. They make a swell c-clamp substitute and they won't mar just-planed wood and finish either.

goodluck!

[bbn]

Thanks bro for the encouragement but I'm afraid I don't have the time just now. I'm building an 18 foot sailboat and hosting two others at the same time ... DIY boatbuiding sessions ... oh I'm rather building 2 boats if you count the model boat I'm also working on.

OT: Please post your guitar projects. I'd be most interested. I'm sure there are some really fine techniques you use. Make a new topic though.

[j2sip]

Wow! Boats are out of my interest because we are a landlocked province. No big body of water to sail on, though i made a few model "bangka" ( we call it "barangay") when i was a kid.
OT: Please post your guitar projects. I'd be most interested. I'm sure there are some really fine techniques you use. Make a new topic though.

Sure bro. Im glad it interests you.

Peace!

[2diy4]

Nice find Louie. I think I can figure out how the wooden clamps work, by cam action rather than a screw.

[guad]

MIC clamps are getting cheaper and cheaper nowadays. The 6"-8" bar clamps can be had for P66 at the malls when I looked a few days ago, not really bad considering C-clamps cost significantly more even today. If you need lots of clamps or simply like tools like I do you can buy 2 every time you are at the mall and soon enough you'll have plenty.

Which store at which mall was that?

Over the last few years, I have not seen them at any Ace, True Value, Hans (Shangri-La Mall), MC or other Home Depot, Handyman, or DIY store. If it is in any of them, is it in some unexpected place or well hidden? Is it normally stocked, or rare?

[opzuk4x4]

Which store at which mall was that?

Over the last few years, I have not seen them at any Ace, True Value, Hans (Shangri-La Mall), MC or other Home Depot, Handyman, or DIY store. If it is in any of them, is it in some unexpected place or well hidden? Is it normally stocked, or rare?
They have it at 88 peso stores. Cheap but gets the job done.

[bbn]

Also try the "American Home" stores where everything is P66. The Japan Home stores, sister company of DIY, also carry them in the P66 section.

Sorry bros but I'm not much of a mall person so the only branches I know of are in Ever Ortigas. There is a DIY shop in St. Francis Square too ... my office is nearby.

[j2sip]

There is a store down Session Road in Baguio that sells them clamps at 44pesos each. If i remember it right, the name of the store is Bon chic. Now we will wait for another claim for a 22peso clamp :)

[guad]

There is a store down Session Road in Baguio that sells them clamps at 44pesos each. If i remember it right, the name of the store is Bon chic. Now we will wait for another claim for a 22peso clamp :)

Google turns up a few hits, I wonder which/where it is --

"Bon Chic Tailoring & Haberdashery" in Maharlika Livelihood Center (on Abanao or Magsaysay Ave. at the bottom of Session Road)

"Bonchic bargain center" [at unspecified location]

"Bon Chic Hobby Shop (Computer Sales)" in Maharlika Livelihood Center

"You grew up in Baguio if ... you remember 'Bon Chic' as the expensive designer/couturier in Baguio"

[j2sip]

I think it's second in the list. It's a few shops up (Session Road) across Malcolm Square.

[JayL]

I received these clamps today. Looks like these are easy to make. Some scrap 2 x 2s , table saw & miter saw will be helpful , forstner bits and some hardware from To Suy. These are 10 inchers and probably I'll make smaller ones later. I just don't know now how useful these would be ..

http://i514.photobucket.com/albums/t347/jzltraco/IMGP2254.jpg

http://i514.photobucket.com/albums/t347/jzltraco/IMGP2256.jpg

[bbn]

Those are nice clamps and much more versatile than other designs. I've always wanted a few but to be honest could never find any I could afford. What would however limit their use is the fact that they are not as convenient as others because they do cannot be quickly adjusted and set.

Is the "Rockler" brand one of those "Gucci" brands of woodworking? Class-A all the way if so.

[JayL]

I think these are Rockler branded and Taiwanese made. You're right these are somewhat cumbersome to adjust. I'll see what use they will have in the shop. Actually I purchased these without thinking where I would use it but rather because these were cheap. I bought these on sale for around $5 plus change a while back.

Quality of the clamp finish is good if I may say so. Size is 10 inch.

http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=18917

[bbn]

Don't get me wrong, those clamps will come in handy when all others will not. Here are somethings that they can do that others cannot:

1. Clamp surfaces that are not parallel.
2. Clamp at an angle which is needed when something is in the way
3. Camp outward!

There are more I imagine.