Cam Clamps 8x8

Nice job on those Jim.

-- John, British Columbia, Canada

Love ‘em JJ... but without further details and measurements I can’t determine whether they are metric or imperial…

-- If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD

Very nice solution to not having enough clamps ;)

-- Galootish log blog, http://www.timberframe-tools.com

Super nice!

-- Lew- Time traveler. Purveyor of the Universe's finest custom rolling pins.

Nice work Jim.

Cliff

-- Cliff Australia : Snoring is good. It blows away all the Sawdust.

Is this duplicated?

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Oo… Ireay need them!! They look great

-- Ivan, Croatia, Wooddicted

Thanks for all the nice comments.

Hi LBD…....they can be either. Like a metric crescent wrench!

Hi Joe, yes it got duplicated and I’ll see if Cricket can remove one of them. Every time I post anything, I get a 524 error, but the post goes through. Last night, I got that error and it didn’t post. I went through the process of posting again and it had all the wording there and said it did not post because the photos were missing…so I loaded them again…and then I got two postings!!!!!!!
I don’t have any detailed drawing. I just drew them out on the wood. I did make a cardboard template of the cam, though.

Hi Ivan, the deep reach is really nice to have .
cheers, Jim

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!! Variety is the Spice of Life!!

Nice looking clamps

-- Bruce, Boise, ID

Hi LBD…....they can be either. Like a metric crescent wrench!
- Jim Jakosh

I was actually digging for measurements, however, afterwards looked back through you projects and saw a post on a previous build that had measurements… while I appreciate those measurements may be purely arbitrary, initial measurements are always a good starting point first time up.

-- If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD

those are great looking clamps jim gotta make me some,their on my to do list,which is rather long.

-- working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

Thanks, Bruce and Pottz!!

Hi LBD. I knew that ,but if you want dimensions on these parts I can measure them and post them. The cam was the thing that had me puzzled but after a few tries, I got a design that works real nice and made that cardboard template of it. I used tenon jig and a milling machine making these, but if you make them out of 3 pieces, you can use your table saw, band saw and drill press to make them. They don’t have the pressure of a C clamp but enough for holding parts together for gluing.

Cheers, Jim

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!! Variety is the Spice of Life!!

How many clamps does it take to make these clamps?

I think you hit upon the ultimate WW accessory to produce, an infinite demand for clamps means an infinite demand for your talents 8^)

Keep them coming Jim!

Hi Bruce. This one took only one clamp for the inserts behind the bars. The nice thing about these it that you can make the throat to whatever dimension you need !

Cheers, Jim

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!! Variety is the Spice of Life!!

Hi Jim,
They are super cool!
Best thoughts,
Mads

-- MAD F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect.