You always have really cool tips. Another thing you can do with pipe clamps is join 2 pipes together with a threaded coupler to make a really long clamp. I made a king size bed for my daughter. I put the pipes together to make clamps long enough to glue up the head and foot boards.
I always have to remember to remove the tailpiece before coupling. It'll be snug up to the head and then won't slide past. This is less embarrassing if no one else is around, but only slightly...
I've used couplers with my 3/4" pipe clamps for many decades. I cut the 10' pipe into three pieces and thread both ends. I prefer the 3/4" pipe to the 1/2" pipe, it is more ridgid. Not having to store long clamps makes storage so much easier. Hint, get the pipe clamp fixtures that you can screw in and out on the bench top, not the ones that you have to shim up or hang over the edge of the bench. Both will work but one makes the task much simpler.
I just love my pipe clamps, and use them often. I learned a couple of new tricks today, and for that I thank you. 👍 I use Bessey 1/2" clamps. I like them because they have real crank handles, as opposed to the whimpy bars you often see in the lesser versions and they have 'extenders' on the bottom side that keep you from racking your knuckles as you crank down tension on the handles. Pipe clamps are designed to be used with BLACK pipe. Never forget this. Galvanized pipe is slightly larger in diameter than black pipe, making the tailstock harder to adjust and the galvanized zinc coating is quite soft, which can cause the tailstock to slip, losing your clamping pressure. Black pipe can be a pain in the tukus, but taking a moment once or twice a year to maintain the pipes themselves will insure proper...and happy... experiences. I use Izzy's method of buying pipe...slightly. If I need 12" clamps for gluing up stock for ... hmm, let's say legs, I will buy 24" pipes and cut them in half. I do keep at least a half dozen of each length (on the foot...like one foot, two foot, etc) up to 5' long and change the pipes out depending upon my needs. Don't pay too much attention to the pipe clamps haters. They just don't know how to use and/or care for a tool that dates back to Gramps time. Care for your headstock (the actual clamping pieces) and care for your black pipe, and you'll be a happy 'clamper'!
Another good reason for black pipe, it allows a better no slip grip by the clamp mechanism. The galvanized coating, being zinc, is soft, it gouges and slips, pushes up ridges of the zinc if you really tighten the clamp. then you have an even bigger job smoothing it out. Great tips, Izzy.
I bought a black pipe to replace a galvanized pipe and the clamps kept slipping. The clamps are somewhat old so that may be the issue, but I wondered if you had any other ideas.
Thank you for this one. Well needed information. Last year I stopped at a yard sale and was looking at a couple black iron pipe clamps. A guy stopped and looked at them and pointed out one of the pipes was bent a little, which I had already noticed. Then he gave every reason why these are worthless and he'd never waste his money on them. After he finally shut up and walked away, I grabbed the two pipe clamps, and paid the $5.00 each and left. One pipe needed to be replaced. Still using them.
Great tips. I find that liquid Goof Off on a rag takes the black coating of well. And If I'm super worried about the finish, I'll size the clamps close (within a couple of inches of the final panel size, and put blue painter's tape on the pipe. That also means any glue squeeze out just gets stripped off with the tape.
I’m always surprised by the wealth of knowledge in each video. I’m stoked to start using pipe clamps as a vices. Friggen brilliant. Thanks for the shout out brother!
@@izzyswanhey there! Can I ask what brand pipe clamps you use. I went out and bought an Irwin clamp and one of the collars cracked on its first use. Now I just have pipe. I really appreciate the advice on upkeep with the pipe too... When I bought the pipe it was already surface rusted. Sanding and washing makes a lot of sense. Thank you!
Uncle Henry's hack/jig is so freaking clever!! Definitely adding that to the clamping tool kit! The oxylic acid tip is definitely one of those OH CRAP, save your butt tips! Great video as always Izzy/Maggie!!
I usually figure if I can get one or two useful tips from a UA-cam video it is worthwhile watching. For this one, though the tips just kept flowing and so fast that it was hard to take them all in. I had to watch it three times to fully appreciate everything. Destined to be a classic.
I love my pipe clamps. Bought 8 Bessey's. I also bought 4 10 foot black 3/4 pipes and cut them in half with a sawsall. Since they are threaded on both ends, and you only need one end this gives me 8 pieces of pipe with threaded ends on all of them. Smooth out the ends with some sand paper and attach the heads, good to go. I wanted Parallel clamps, but I just couldn't afford them. I needed 48" clamps, and the Bessy's were fine. Also, buy the 10' not the little 4 foot sections, they cost just as much. Buy the longer one and cut it to size. For the pads, Bessy's came with rubber slip on pads. Those work fine. The cork covering, I might want to look into that. FInally, I wish I had your workbench. The size of it is great.
THANK YOU!!! I've been saying this for years, about pipe clamps for years... ESPECIALLY if you modify them to be more effective. Also, a 1/2" pipe clamp is more than enough for any clamping task. Also, a set of pipe clamps are great for using g to make a front style moxon vise.
Another tip, with adding a protective pad to clamps, you can buy rubberized cork rings (I used them in rod building), and they are much thicker/softer and pretty much indestructible. A little epoxy, or JB Weld, and you have a clamp pad forever. (They also come in colors. Just DONT USE NEOPRENE!!! Lol. Learned that the hard way.
That’s exactly what I did years ago. I wanted different length clamps so I bought had them cut 10 footers, got 8’s & 2’s, 4’s & 3’s. Also if you need longer you can get couplers for in between multiple pieces. I have Home Depot thread both ends after they cut them. Great tip on the cork and double sided tape. A lot less than the pads you can buy. Plus the Harbor freight ones just fall off.
Sir you made a friend today. I just about live on UA-cam and get so tired of so many guys all full of themselves and also vulgar mouths. You sir are deeply appreciated because you are brilliant with very useful tips but also you are clearly a nice guy who just wants to help and without any arrogance. Thank you for that. Can’t wait to watch all your videos and heap on the thumbs ups!
Just ordered 4 bessey clamps + black pipes and some female couplers so I can put two pipes together (surprised you didnt show this one.. extend pipes for longer stuff with couplers). These seem so much stronger, longer lasting and largely better than the 2x to 3x clamps and so much more versatile.
My local Lowes no longer cuts and threads pipe. I used to get a 10' stick of 1/2" black iron pipe for $12 and have them cut it to 3-3-2-2' lengths until they complained that I should just be buying their pre-cut stuff. Their policy changed to not cut shortly after that. Blessing in disguise though, as a local-ish bulk metal supplier sells it way cheaper than Lowes and they will cut to any length. You have to thread it yourself though. Shop around!
What a great video! Some excellent tips that I'll be using in my hand tool shop. Found a stashj of 36" abandonned galvanized pipes in the old shed here at the complex. Timfe to start threading 'em. 5-Stars love you shows and shop. Retired carpenter age 72 in Michigan.
Great tips, Maggie! When I took a class recently from Alex, he told us to get the 10' sections of black pipe and get the threading kit from Harbour Freight. Sure wish Izzy would talk.
Never seen any of these tips before and they were all fantastic and really useful. That TNT rack is nothing short of brilliant! Thanks for the link. BTW - I also like Andy's cork rubber, but it is pricey. A cost effective alternative is to use a Baler Belt and cut it into smaller pieces. I have Tractor Supply Co near me, and you can pick these up off the shelf and they are good grippy protection for all things vise related.
best wood working video I've seen this year for sure. One thing I have found helpful is a paint roller cleaner to remove dried glue from the pipe when ones technique is less than professional and the squeeze out is all over the pipe.
Thanks for the advice and tips. I'm still a "beginner" in the woodshop and I can always do with some advice. So thank you for steering me in a good direction.
I have a tip for you! If you ever use concealed hinges and have a concealed hinge machine to cut the pocket holes in the back of the doors to install the hinges in? I worked for a company for 4 years that on certain doors would have a hinge that needed to be installed on a door in a higher spot than the normal setting. So the employees were taught to put a pencil mark on the back edge of the door to line up where the pocket drill bit would drill the hole at. After the holes were all drilled then a employee would go back through all the doors and have to sand those pencil marks off. Handling doors twice! One day I thought why are we putting pencil marks on the edge of the doors for? Move the pencil marks in 1/8-3/16” where the hinge machines drill bit will remove the pencil mark with cutting the hinge hole. Still no problem lining up the pencil line in the right place. I tried it and it worked perfectly! Showed the foreman that was speechless for a second or two. Then he smiled and said why didn’t anyone else all these years think of doing this sooner? Such simple methods are often over looked and not ever though about till someone comes along and thinks a little more how something could be done better and quicker saving time and money! Of course the foreman told the boss and my idea was then always used. But did I get anything for helping the company save time ? Nope, not even a thank you! Salved the same company $10,000.00 and the company never knew why they ended up with a huge surplus of money that year and at the Christmas party the employer split the 10 grand between the employer’s brown noses that really didn’t work very hard. Especially when the boss wasn’t around! Like the boss’s buddy that was supposed to be at work on time every morning to let the 35 employees in to start working. But the boss’s buddy would show up anywhere between a half hour to up to a hour late while employees sat in the parking lot waiting for someone to open the building. Of course this buddy also got a huge portion of the 10 grand I saved the company. Naturally when I got around to telling the boss how he got the extra surplus of money, still I didn’t even get a thank you! A simple thing of not letting employees be lazy and going and grabbing full 10-12 foot boards to cut up for projects and tossing the scraps on a large cart and when the cart got full of scraps it all was going down n the dumpster. When the boss put me in charge I stopped that practice and made the employee check the scrap pile on the cart first before going out and grabbing new full length boards. That $10,000.00 in just 1 year ought to give you a good idea how much wood was just going to the dump every week! Amazing though how some companies can waste materials and do other things that they could be doing better to make a better profit and yet they still have a profitable business. Just not as profitable as it could be!
I always thought I should get a woodworkers workbench with holes for bench dogs. Now I know I don't really need one and can use my pipe clamps instead. My workbench is a multi-use bench I use for everything, metal, wood, messy repairs on tools, etc. Thanks for the tips!
There are Crocs, or Croc clones, that have hard toe caps molded in, made of polycarbonate rather than steel, intended for food service workers and the like. Easy to walk in than steel toes if you don't wear steel toe boots every day. I have both sorts, Crocs 'Bistro' and the hard toed clones.
Great tips, gives me some other ideas to try myself. I always used the black pipe, but never thought about waxing the pipe. I’ll have to give that a try too! Just goes to show you can never stop learning better ideas from others! Provided your open minded enough to realize you don’t know everything and others just might have a better way to make your life easier and/or quicker if you’ll just take the time to listen to what someone else figured out you never did yourself! Sometimes ideas are so simple, you wonder why you never thought of it yourself too?
This video is fantastic. I will be buying cork immediately. The clamps come with those little rubber things, but they fall off all the dang time and some have been lost. This is perfect. It will work for my bench vice too! I will also be sanding/waxing the pipes; I previously put blue tape on before each glueup, but that was always a pain to get off the clamps. This is a much better idea. What acid do you use to get the black marks off? I will put those jigs on my list as well.
We use contact cement and thin blocks of pine or bass wood, 1/4”-3/8” is nice and it’s around the shop,,, always! Also a light sand on the face of the clamp helps the adhesive stick!
One additional idea for the clamp protection would be to use some cheap rubber "workshop" mat flooring -- ca. 10 bucks for (4) 25"x25" @ Harbor Freight ("Anti-Fatigue Foam Mat Set, 4 Pack"). Cut them to fit and glue or double-tape them on. Great for making vise clamp protectors, too, and even use them with pliers, etc., as needed.
These are very useful tips that I'm sure to use. But I have to say my favorite part was your tribute to Henry Swan. I never met Henry, but I did meet Walter at the One Book Bookstore in Bisbee AZ (and I have an autographed copy of "Me 'n Henry" in my bookcase). Walter was even a guest speaker at one of our military Dining Outs at Fort Huachuca back in the early 90s. Loved reading and hearing his stories. Thanks for the tips, and for the memories of my time in Arizona!
Great tips. You mentioned that if you get black marks on the wood from the clamps you use some kind of acid? What acid is it and how do you use it? I have some stains on Red Oak that I need to get off. Thanks
For cutting boards, I often put a "head and tail" on each end of the pipe. Can do two glue ups at once and stand it up in the corner. Fewer pipes and less space used up.
Excelentes tips para facilitar el trabajo en el taller, muchas gracias por compartir...👍 y me permito sugerir un tip extra, en el minuto 7:12 se le hace cuerda al tubo, acá en México usamos manteca de cerdo como lubricante, no hay nada mejor para esa labor, prueba y verás 😉 recibe cordiales desde Aguascalientes México...!!
I LOVE these ideas! I need more clamps (I mean, who doesn't). I will take your tips and tricks into account for sure. The add-on to the work bench is a GREAT idea! It also means I dont' need to buy a bunch of dog-hole tools. Great ideas... keep 'em coming!!
You always have really cool tips. Another thing you can do with pipe clamps is join 2 pipes together with a threaded coupler to make a really long clamp. I made a king size bed for my daughter. I put the pipes together to make clamps long enough to glue up the head and foot boards.
Cool tip... Thanks.
Yea you have to keep some couplers around for this very purpose. I've made some long assed clamps that way!
Awesome tip! What else do you have up your sleeve?
I always have to remember to remove the tailpiece before coupling. It'll be snug up to the head and then won't slide past. This is less embarrassing if no one else is around, but only slightly...
I've used couplers with my 3/4" pipe clamps for many decades. I cut the 10' pipe into three pieces and thread both ends. I prefer the 3/4" pipe to the 1/2" pipe, it is more ridgid. Not having to store long clamps makes storage so much easier. Hint, get the pipe clamp fixtures that you can screw in and out on the bench top, not the ones that you have to shim up or hang over the edge of the bench. Both will work but one makes the task much simpler.
No mater how much you know, you can always learn something new. Thanks for those tips.
I just love my pipe clamps, and use them often. I learned a couple of new tricks today, and for that I thank you. 👍
I use Bessey 1/2" clamps. I like them because they have real crank handles, as opposed to the whimpy bars you often see in the lesser versions and they have 'extenders' on the bottom side that keep you from racking your knuckles as you crank down tension on the handles.
Pipe clamps are designed to be used with BLACK pipe. Never forget this. Galvanized pipe is slightly larger in diameter than black pipe, making the tailstock harder to adjust and the galvanized zinc coating is quite soft, which can cause the tailstock to slip, losing your clamping pressure. Black pipe can be a pain in the tukus, but taking a moment once or twice a year to maintain the pipes themselves will insure proper...and happy... experiences.
I use Izzy's method of buying pipe...slightly. If I need 12" clamps for gluing up stock for ... hmm, let's say legs, I will buy 24" pipes and cut them in half. I do keep at least a half dozen of each length (on the foot...like one foot, two foot, etc) up to 5' long and change the pipes out depending upon my needs.
Don't pay too much attention to the pipe clamps haters. They just don't know how to use and/or care for a tool that dates back to Gramps time. Care for your headstock (the actual clamping pieces) and care for your black pipe, and you'll be a happy 'clamper'!
Another good reason for black pipe, it allows a better no slip grip by the clamp mechanism. The galvanized coating, being zinc, is soft, it gouges and slips, pushes up ridges of the zinc if you really tighten the clamp. then you have an even bigger job smoothing it out. Great tips, Izzy.
I bought a black pipe to replace a galvanized pipe and the clamps kept slipping. The clamps are somewhat old so that may be the issue, but I wondered if you had any other ideas.
Thank you for this one. Well needed information.
Last year I stopped at a yard sale and was looking at a couple black iron pipe clamps. A guy stopped and looked at them and pointed out one of the pipes was bent a little, which I had already noticed. Then he gave every reason why these are worthless and he'd never waste his money on them. After he finally shut up and walked away, I grabbed the two pipe clamps, and paid the $5.00 each and left. One pipe needed to be replaced. Still using them.
I always love you ideas
Great tips! I also like short 1” PVC sleeves/spacers to keep the black from touching your panel 👍
Great tips. I find that liquid Goof Off on a rag takes the black coating of well. And If I'm super worried about the finish, I'll size the clamps close (within a couple of inches of the final panel size, and put blue painter's tape on the pipe. That also means any glue squeeze out just gets stripped off with the tape.
I’m always surprised by the wealth of knowledge in each video. I’m stoked to start using pipe clamps as a vices. Friggen brilliant. Thanks for the shout out brother!
Any time! You guys are killing g it. Keep it up!
@@izzyswanhey there! Can I ask what brand pipe clamps you use. I went out and bought an Irwin clamp and one of the collars cracked on its first use. Now I just have pipe. I really appreciate the advice on upkeep with the pipe too... When I bought the pipe it was already surface rusted. Sanding and washing makes a lot of sense. Thank you!
I don't care what others say, these tips are great! Great ideas for buying pipes, never even thought about it.
im with you, pipe clamps are great. I am using that great idea to put gasket material on the clamps. Thanks
Uncle Henry's hack/jig is so freaking clever!! Definitely adding that to the clamping tool kit! The oxylic acid tip is definitely one of those OH CRAP, save your butt tips! Great video as always Izzy/Maggie!!
Thanks, never get enough knowledge. 40 plus years in the trade and still learning.
It’s not often I watch a video with something I’ve never seen or thought of. Everything in this was new and spectacular. Thanks for sharing!
I usually figure if I can get one or two useful tips from a UA-cam video it is worthwhile watching. For this one, though the tips just kept flowing and so fast that it was hard to take them all in. I had to watch it three times to fully appreciate everything. Destined to be a classic.
I love my pipe clamps. Bought 8 Bessey's. I also bought 4 10 foot black 3/4 pipes and cut them in half with a sawsall. Since they are threaded on both ends, and you only need one end this gives me 8 pieces of pipe with threaded ends on all of them. Smooth out the ends with some sand paper and attach the heads, good to go.
I wanted Parallel clamps, but I just couldn't afford them. I needed 48" clamps, and the Bessy's were fine. Also, buy the 10' not the little 4 foot sections, they cost just as much. Buy the longer one and cut it to size. For the pads, Bessy's came with rubber slip on pads. Those work fine. The cork covering, I might want to look into that.
FInally, I wish I had your workbench. The size of it is great.
THANK YOU!!! I've been saying this for years, about pipe clamps for years... ESPECIALLY if you modify them to be more effective.
Also, a 1/2" pipe clamp is more than enough for any clamping task.
Also, a set of pipe clamps are great for using g to make a front style moxon vise.
Another tip, with adding a protective pad to clamps, you can buy rubberized cork rings (I used them in rod building), and they are much thicker/softer and pretty much indestructible. A little epoxy, or JB Weld, and you have a clamp pad forever. (They also come in colors.
Just DONT USE NEOPRENE!!! Lol. Learned that the hard way.
I sand my pipes, then paint them to color code them, and make them rustproof, and glue proof.
That’s exactly what I did years ago. I wanted different length clamps so I bought had them cut 10 footers, got 8’s & 2’s, 4’s & 3’s. Also if you need longer you can get couplers for in between multiple pieces. I have Home Depot thread both ends after they cut them. Great tip on the cork and double sided tape. A lot less than the pads you can buy. Plus the Harbor freight ones just fall off.
Do we want to see it!!?? Thanks for showing us!
Thank you! I make walking sticks and this will help me clamp to carve, GREAT!!!
Sir you made a friend today. I just about live on UA-cam and get so tired of so many guys all full of themselves and also vulgar mouths. You sir are deeply appreciated because you are brilliant with very useful tips but also you are clearly a nice guy who just wants to help and without any arrogance. Thank you for that. Can’t wait to watch all your videos and heap on the thumbs ups!
Just ordered 4 bessey clamps + black pipes and some female couplers so I can put two pipes together (surprised you didnt show this one.. extend pipes for longer stuff with couplers). These seem so much stronger, longer lasting and largely better than the 2x to 3x clamps and so much more versatile.
Thanks Izzy and Maggy
Great video, with simple and effective ideas.
That TNT clamp rack is da bomb!
This one of the best ideas I've seen in a good while. Be safe.
I never would have thought of those uses for pipe clamps thanks
Excellent video and process
Thanks for sharing
I'm glad to see you up and walking.
Keep up the excellent creations...
My local Lowes no longer cuts and threads pipe. I used to get a 10' stick of 1/2" black iron pipe for $12 and have them cut it to 3-3-2-2' lengths until they complained that I should just be buying their pre-cut stuff. Their policy changed to not cut shortly after that. Blessing in disguise though, as a local-ish bulk metal supplier sells it way cheaper than Lowes and they will cut to any length. You have to thread it yourself though. Shop around!
good info thank you for sharing Jay.
What a great video! Some excellent tips that I'll be using in my hand tool shop. Found a stashj of 36" abandonned galvanized pipes in the old shed here at the complex. Timfe to start threading 'em. 5-Stars love you shows and shop. Retired carpenter age 72 in Michigan.
Awesome tips, thank you. Many blessings
Thank you very much for these tips, love uncle Henry's tip, and the vice holding tip. My pipe clamps are going to get a whole to of use again.
One of the most useful videos on UA-cam. I gained a lot of really good tips! and I just subscribed, thank you🙅
Great video & more excellent tips & tricks Izzy! Hope that all of you guys are doing well!
Thanks for the tips Izzy. Always enjoy your content.
Great tips, Maggie! When I took a class recently from Alex, he told us to get the 10' sections of black pipe and get the threading kit from Harbour Freight. Sure wish Izzy would talk.
Thank you for sharing these tips. This will make my woodworking tasks a bit easier
Way to go uncle Henry👍👍
Never seen any of these tips before and they were all fantastic and really useful. That TNT rack is nothing short of brilliant! Thanks for the link. BTW - I also like Andy's cork rubber, but it is pricey. A cost effective alternative is to use a Baler Belt and cut it into smaller pieces. I have Tractor Supply Co near me, and you can pick these up off the shelf and they are good grippy protection for all things vise related.
I used a piece of belt rubber glued to end and tail pads. Great clamp ideas thanks for doing the videos.
Dayum Izzy, awesome!
This is the best video I have ever seen on pipe clamps! Thank you!
Glad you liked it!
The second tip is so simple, it's brilliant!
I been watching your videos since you were in a small garage ,making a table saw with a circular saw. Always great information. Thanks
Thank You Uncle Henry... Stealing this idea! Needed it many times. Thanks for sharing
GREAT! video - as always, great information - Thanks for sharing
Pipe panel clamp rack looks very cool
Great video on pipe clamps. I'm really liking the pipe clamp rack. I shellac all my pipes to keep rust off.
Great Tips for pipe clamps. I will definitely be using some of these. Thanks for producing the great content
best wood working video I've seen this year for sure. One thing I have found helpful is a paint roller cleaner to remove dried glue from the pipe when ones technique is less than professional and the squeeze out is all over the pipe.
Great tips never thought about all the uses for pipe clamps thanks for sharing
Yo that pipe clamp rack is 🤯!
Thanks for the advice and tips. I'm still a "beginner" in the woodshop and I can always do with some advice. So thank you for steering me in a good direction.
You are so welcome!
I have a tip for you! If you ever use concealed hinges and have a concealed hinge machine to cut the pocket holes in the back of the doors to install the hinges in? I worked for a company for 4 years that on certain doors would have a hinge that needed to be installed on a door in a higher spot than the normal setting. So the employees were taught to put a pencil mark on the back edge of the door to line up where the pocket drill bit would drill the hole at. After the holes were all drilled then a employee would go back through all the doors and have to sand those pencil marks off. Handling doors twice! One day I thought why are we putting pencil marks on the edge of the doors for? Move the pencil marks in 1/8-3/16” where the hinge machines drill bit will remove the pencil mark with cutting the hinge hole. Still no problem lining up the pencil line in the right place. I tried it and it worked perfectly! Showed the foreman that was speechless for a second or two. Then he smiled and said why didn’t anyone else all these years think of doing this sooner? Such simple methods are often over looked and not ever though about till someone comes along and thinks a little more how something could be done better and quicker saving time and money! Of course the foreman told the boss and my idea was then always used. But did I get anything for helping the company save time ? Nope, not even a thank you!
Salved the same company $10,000.00 and the company never knew why they ended up with a huge surplus of money that year and at the Christmas party the employer split the 10 grand between the employer’s brown noses that really didn’t work very hard. Especially when the boss wasn’t around! Like the boss’s buddy that was supposed to be at work on time every morning to let the 35 employees in to start working. But the boss’s buddy would show up anywhere between a half hour to up to a hour late while employees sat in the parking lot waiting for someone to open the building. Of course this buddy also got a huge portion of the 10 grand I saved the company.
Naturally when I got around to telling the boss how he got the extra surplus of money, still I didn’t even get a thank you! A simple thing of not letting employees be lazy and going and grabbing full 10-12 foot boards to cut up for projects and tossing the scraps on a large cart and when the cart got full of scraps it all was going down n the dumpster. When the boss put me in charge I stopped that practice and made the employee check the scrap pile on the cart first before going out and grabbing new full length boards. That $10,000.00 in just 1 year ought to give you a good idea how much wood was just going to the dump every week! Amazing though how some companies can waste materials and do other things that they could be doing better to make a better profit and yet they still have a profitable business. Just not as profitable as it could be!
I always thought I should get a woodworkers workbench with holes for bench dogs. Now I know I don't really need one and can use my pipe clamps instead. My workbench is a multi-use bench I use for everything, metal, wood, messy repairs on tools, etc. Thanks for the tips!
Some simply brilliant tips. Thanks.
Excellent video, Izzy - you never disappoint me.
Art from Ohio
Excellent tips and ideas to ponder for work flow. Thank you 🎈
I love Maggie’s safety Crocs, I wear the same when working at home😊
There are Crocs, or Croc clones, that have hard toe caps molded in, made of polycarbonate rather than steel, intended for food service workers and the like. Easy to walk in than steel toes if you don't wear steel toe boots every day. I have both sorts, Crocs 'Bistro' and the hard toed clones.
Hands down fantastic tips I will use. Thank you Izzy!
Great tips, gives me some other ideas to try myself. I always used the black pipe, but never thought about waxing the pipe. I’ll have to give that a try too! Just goes to show you can never stop learning better ideas from others! Provided your open minded enough to realize you don’t know everything and others just might have a better way to make your life easier and/or quicker if you’ll just take the time to listen to what someone else figured out you never did yourself! Sometimes ideas are so simple, you wonder why you never thought of it yourself too?
Man -
Thank you.
I would have NEVER thought of your ideas.
Terrific. 👊🤜🤛
Happy to help!
Thank you for sharing your tips and ticks.This will greatly help my shop!
You never disappoint with cost-effective tips. I appreciate your content. Thanks.
thank you for watching
One of the best "tips" videos I've seen in a Long time! Thanks
Wow, thanks!
Great video as always. Thanks for sharing.
Those tips are worth my sub
This video is fantastic. I will be buying cork immediately. The clamps come with those little rubber things, but they fall off all the dang time and some have been lost. This is perfect. It will work for my bench vice too! I will also be sanding/waxing the pipes; I previously put blue tape on before each glueup, but that was always a pain to get off the clamps. This is a much better idea.
What acid do you use to get the black marks off?
I will put those jigs on my list as well.
We use contact cement and thin blocks of pine or bass wood, 1/4”-3/8” is nice and it’s around the shop,,, always! Also a light sand on the face of the clamp helps the adhesive stick!
Great tips and useful to us old timers also.
Very nice info on pipe clamps. They really are very versatile and flexible with just a little thought and imagination.
One additional idea for the clamp protection would be to use some cheap rubber "workshop" mat flooring -- ca. 10 bucks for (4) 25"x25" @ Harbor Freight ("Anti-Fatigue Foam Mat Set, 4 Pack"). Cut them to fit and glue or double-tape them on. Great for making vise clamp protectors, too, and even use them with pliers, etc., as needed.
You earned my subscription today. Awesome tips, love the glue up station. Uncle Henry was a smart man.
Awesome, thank you!
These are very useful tips that I'm sure to use.
But I have to say my favorite part was your tribute to Henry Swan. I never met Henry, but I did meet Walter at the One Book Bookstore in Bisbee AZ (and I have an autographed copy of "Me 'n Henry" in my bookcase). Walter was even a guest speaker at one of our military Dining Outs at Fort Huachuca back in the early 90s. Loved reading and hearing his stories.
Thanks for the tips, and for the memories of my time in Arizona!
Walter is my grand father. I used to come down in the fall and hang out with him at the One book book store.
Thank you Izzy, love your videos!
Excellent video. I would expect that most of us have some pipe clamps already and now we have even more uses for them !! Thanks!,
Thanks you guys! Those tips will come in handy.
Thanks for this. More pipe clamp tips, please!
lots of great tips thanks
Wonderful tips!! Gonna get me some pipe clamps!!
Great idea!👍
Thank you for these helps
Love you videos and your humor. Great tips and some amazing projects.
Great tips! Thanks sir!
So innovative. As always, Izzy and Maggie, thank you for sharing 🌞
Thanks so much! 😊
Great tips. You mentioned that if you get black marks on the wood from the clamps you use some kind of acid? What acid is it and how do you use it? I have some stains on Red Oak that I need to get off. Thanks
Thanks for sharing those tips and the make!
For cutting boards, I often put a "head and tail" on each end of the pipe. Can do two glue ups at once and stand it up in the corner. Fewer pipes and less space used up.
I like that idea why have I not thought of that !!
thanks izzy and Maggie that was a great tip session will do some of those
Excelentes tips para facilitar el trabajo en el taller, muchas gracias por compartir...👍 y me permito sugerir un tip extra, en el minuto 7:12 se le hace cuerda al tubo, acá en México usamos manteca de cerdo como lubricante, no hay nada mejor para esa labor, prueba y verás 😉 recibe cordiales desde Aguascalientes México...!!
Some great tips here. Thanks.
Izzy is the man👍
I LOVE these ideas! I need more clamps (I mean, who doesn't). I will take your tips and tricks into account for sure. The add-on to the work bench is a GREAT idea! It also means I dont' need to buy a bunch of dog-hole tools. Great ideas... keep 'em coming!!
Love the clamp rack that’s fantastic.
Brilliant!
thanks as all ways!
Awesome tips!!!
Thank you great ideas
Another great video. Thank you!
Idea fantastica.