Would you please give us a link for the UHMW tape, and data like brand, dimensions, has glue or adhesive backing? Thanks for a great pair of videos! My intended use for the UHMW tape (in addition to your proposed use), is to line sliding surfaces to reduce friction and "stick-slip" friction, like when making my DIY Track Saw from aluminum profile and needing the saw "sled carriage" for my circular saw to slide perfectly against the aluminum profile! Best regards from Mexico and let's keep designing and making those factory overexpensive accesories by ourselves!
8 times stronger sir! Re your: “makes it more than twice as strong”.. Bending resistance is width x height x height x height (times a constant for the material) Width in this case is the steel thickness x two (as there are two side walls) So: 2 times the height = 8 times stronger bending resistance. (2x2x2) 3 times higher = 27 times stronger The beam height makes all the difference 😎 Kind regards Anders Sweden
Thank you for providing an oasis of sanity in an insane world of “You must buy all these expensive tools to be a woodworker.” I want to save my money for wood to make stuff, not have a super fancy workshop. You help me remember that and find ways to do it.
This is how my grandfather thought. I've always admired 'Redneck Engineering.' Just a few days ago I had an impossible seam to caulk. I jerry rigged up my own 'tool' with a straw, some wire, and some electrical tape. (Courtesy of youtube.) When I showed my husband my little hack - and my perfectly caulked seam - I was so proud of myself. He grumbled, "Don't they make an actual *tool* for that?" I smiled brightly and said, "They sure do! It's $16.99 plus tax from Amazon. I can grab one right now if you think that's better. Want me to remove the caulk I did and redo it with the right tool? It'll only add about three days to this job." His eyes widened and he said, "No. This is fine." My turn to grumble. "Then you'd better be REALLY happy and enthusiastic about my solution and tell me how great of a job I did or I'm buying it right now." To his credit, he did laugh and lavished praise upon my greatness. Honestly, we can all be nickled and dimed to death if we don't MacGyver what we can. I can't believe how fast the money goes out the window lately.
I've been in the construction business for nearly 50 years and never thought of using strut in my panel glue-ups. Thanks for the idea and you just got another subscriber.
Hey Lee! I’d like to say something positive about your videos! I would like to think that over 3/4 of your viewers are watching as like most beginners in a wood working shop we are constantly looking for a cheaper way to accomplish the goal of meeting our goals. Hinting to jigs as we all either take or make an idea to help assist us in our tasks. Adapt, improvise, and overcome obstacles in life in general. Unfortunately you got a bunch of folks that don’t like anything but their way. I’m sure you wanna tell them where to stick their comments as negative energy builds. Everyone has an idea or different approach to solve problems in life however you’re actually sharing it and shedding some light to it. I personally like your approach and believe it’s worth it. I can absolutely careless what others think. Creators like yourself deserve credit regardless of your videos. You among others are what inspires other ideas that maybe leads to something new or better. I encourage you to continue your quest and TRY really hard to stay clear of the negativity in comments. Your strength comes from your viewers that believe in YOU! Keep up the amazing content!!
great minds think alike. i came up with my own version of these after nearly choking to death on how much the rockler clamps cost a few years ago. I fabricated something very similar to the mechanism in the rocker clamps. That was a lot of work. I really like some of your ideas much better. 1-it’s quicker to modify a clamp, 2-Harbor Freight has cheap yet good clamps. I’m going to use your ideas when I need additional clamps.
I think you did an amazing job presenting your clamp ideas. Some were BRILLIANT. The one comment that said watching your videos was a waist of time among other things. That type of comments are uncalled for and demonstrates his level of thinking and how myopic his views truly are. I enjoyed your ideas and most of all your personality. Great ideas with a fantastic presentation. I subscribed to your channel. I let guys like you do the thinking and the planning for me. Good Job and very well done! Some people….. they are just simply better than than many of us. LIVE BIG & SPEND IT ALL. TS, PORTLAND
Great solutions - I already have pipe clamps so using them with struts will work perfect and better than the wooden cauls that I use. I loved that stratocaster scene - got a good laugh out of it!
Just discovered this site. As an experimental physicist who needs all kinds of not only custom parts, but custom solutions, this site is full of cool ideas that work.
One of the best videos ive seen recently. Love that you are spreading the word about UHMW/Slick tape - uses for it appear more than I could’ve imagined. There’s also a place in my shop for the inverse - friction tape. Perfect solution to ensure the work stays in place on the surface of jigs such as the coping sled.
Did this same thing with some "unistrut" I got for free and needed some panel clamps before watching this. I also use wood shims to hold the wood tight together and 1x blocks to keep the "unistrut" off of the panels I and gluing. It really does work great!! You had some great ideas to improve it and I will definitely add some.
I've been using this method too. I'm a retired plumber and had some laying around, so I gave it a try. I've never seen those square washers for strut before, so thanks for showing those. They'll be perfect. Subscribed.
On your first video I thought to myself I have seen this before, as I have had those in my shop for years and don't know where I got the idea. But this video - hands down original, you knocked it out of the park.
This was excellent. I love watching your videos progress in quality. The original idea was great but all your improvements brings it up to just genius. I will add to my list of things to make. Thanks for your work on this video.
Thanks very much. This video was cursed from beginning to end from a quality standpoint. Original audio wasn’t in sync, all the b roll was the wrong frame rate, you name it, everything went wrong. I am happy I could even finish it 😂
I keep watching this video because it has so many neat ideas. For horizontal clamping, IMO the wedge/shims seem the best option for ease of use, cost, and coverage. Probably over thinking it, but with the modified C clamp and only 2 cauls, it seems like I wouldn't get even horizontal pressure especially in the middle or ends. Consider 45 degree angles out from the point of horizontal clamping, and you should get some overlap if you want to avoid gaps in your seams, especially if the pieces you are edge gluing have a bit of bend to them. Minor niggle, but something I think the wedges address better.
I bought the thicker Unistrut in 10 foot lengths and then cut them into thirds so I have a total of 6 each about 3'-4" long. Gives me a lot of flexibility for projects based on my shop size even up to a table top. I use the open side of the strut facing the wood and covered them with cheap painters tape to help prevent glue sticking, and easy replacement if I ever feel it's needed.
I’ve used your Superstrut cauls on several projects and they are genius! My only real problem has been squeezed-out glue sticking to them, so I am going to try the tape you recommend. The handle-nuts look like a good upgrade, too. Thanks for the great ideas!
Big selling points for me with the mods that eliminate the horizontal pipe clamps are cost and less mess. Schedule 40 pipe and pipe clamps do cost some decent money and take up space in a small shop. They do get covered in squeeze out, which you can wipe off or scrape off when you are done, but what I don't like is having to work around them to clean up squeeze out during the glue up. This would let the squeeze out start to harden up, and still allow easy access to come back through with a scraper to clean in up without removing and clamps until the glue is fully cured.
😢 just amazing, I've been trying to figure out how i could do just this and was ready to start trying random stuff, then bam, here you are to the rescue!! Thank you so very much for such a simple solution 😊
Lee you are the man! I dig anybody who innovates anything. Like I always told the new guys in the autobody shops I worked at when it came to tools, The bolt doesn't care or know what tool you got it out with. Keep up the good work and forget the haters. I made the ones you previously showed and they worked awesome at a fraction of the cost. You rock brother!
I made these clamping cauls and LOVE them ! Now time to upgrade with some clamps I was wondering what I was going to use for! LOVE your ideas!! Now for a cheap easy drum sander.....lol
This is some of the most useful information I've seen on any woodworking channel. I'm going to build some clamping culls like these. Than you very much.
Hey man! Great idea and explained well! Of course we all can come up with our own ideas after watching this. But explained great and informative! Keep up the good work
Very good content, entertaining and informative. Really good ideas presented repurposing those clamps to work with the struts. Very nice, sir. subscribed!
Very seldom do I actually follow any UA-cam woodworkers. I am jaded from the 2015ish era. But ever now and again UA-cam will feed me something I actually like. This was awesome. There are so many simple solutions I never try and work out for my self because I am a time is money guy, and I'd rather just go buy stuff. This video has inspired me to 1. Actually do this. But also 2. Think before I spend. I know it sounds silly. But for some of us, money is not a huge problem, but its nice to save. The problem is more time, and effort. The thing I like about this vs other cheap solutions is typically you're giving something up. Not here. Its not a huge time, or money investment, and it actually gives you more flexibility and options. This is simply brilliant. Any compliment I can give you is honestly not enough.
Thanks for this awesome comment. To be honest, I don’t really invent things to save money. I approach it as more of a mental exercise. When I find myself needing a device to do something, I always try to come up with my own thing first, and it becomes kind of a game. Often I become more absorbed in that part than actually making the original project. I often spend days, even weeks thinking about how to do things differently. It certainly makes my time in the shop a lot more interesting.
Money is not an issue here, but advantage is you can have lots of U channel sizes for different projects which save on floor space. Most of the plastic quickgrips are garbage and eventually slip.
This is a great set of ideas. I never knew there was hardware available for these things and I appreciate the cost consciousness. I'll definitely keep it in mind should I find myself in the need. Thanks a bunch for sharing.
Perfect I’ve been considering making these but in my mind thought something is missing, now I know what. For thin panels .25 thick this is a perfect solution, and the wedges will work. For thicker panels the clamps will suffice, point being glue it up move it out of the way, get more done!
Excellent video. I've been experimenting with these struts and have used some to make an elevator in my (very small) shop. I love your ideas and hope you don't mind if I copy some.
Fantastic logic, and I love all the solutions you came up with. Not sure if it has been mentioned in the comments yet, but with the wedges you could use another clamp across to pull them together offering a more even pressure and much less likely to pop out...
I was quite happy to see this video has i have 4 x 30" lengths of the shallow uni strut, left from a project that i've been wanting to do something with. Out of interest in the UK we call the spring nuts 'Zebs', after a childrens tv character called Zeberdee, who was on a show called the magic roundabout.
Very nice. I love the way the wood working community has such fun sense of humor. I love the cameos in your video ...I think I am going to go out and get some of this material and keep it on hand ..
Love it! I’ve always had the idea in the back of my head about doing “something” with c-clamps to make them more useful. Mostly when using them like a press, like in compressing a brake caliper or forcing a pin into a hole. It seems the C clamp is never the right length, the head is always slipping off or doesn’t fit right etc. I’m going to start experimenting with these right away.
Lessons, Tips & Techniques... it's all in here. and I have those Metals but without holes in it, .. I'll just put holes and use it in my Wall Mount Folding Table project. Thank you sir.
@@BustedKnuckleWoodworks for now I keep visualizing what to do to make an angle grinder slide using tubulars pipes without using wielding machine hehehe
Hi Lee, I recently found you and I love the videos. I am a beginner trying to do woodworking as a hobby. I thought about using the strut channels as a straight edge reference when squaring a board. Reason for that is because I don't have the money or space for a table saw or even a miter saw. So the idea was to use the strut channel as a fence for a plunge router and that way making square boards of larger lengths. Let me know if you have tried that. I would like to know if the strut channels are straight enough for that use case. Thank you for the funny and informational videos.
Excelent video. Thank you for sharing these panel clamps. I have been on the verge of buying a couple of the Rockler sets every time I am in their store, this will save me.
What a great video. All you supplied was solutions. Excellent stuff. I still use the ol tape edge wooden cauls, and all they do is bend. I’m way over due to for this upgrade haha, thanks duuuude! Love the attachment idea for any clamps too, just brilliant. 🤙
There is nothing I can add 🤯 , but an additional comment for the algorithm. Exceptional channel… I mean above and beyond well edited and thought through videos. Very entertaining and informative. Great way to start my day and as long as I can achieve well jointed edges, I’ll know what to do from there. Thank you 🙏🏼 if I’m not subscribed, I will be now. Great sponsor choice too. 👍🏼
If you missed Part 1 of this video, here it is 😀 ua-cam.com/video/vzhILT7axcA/v-deo.html
Would you please give us a link for the UHMW tape, and data like brand, dimensions, has glue or adhesive backing? Thanks for a great pair of videos!
My intended use for the UHMW tape (in addition to your proposed use), is to line sliding surfaces to reduce friction and "stick-slip" friction, like when making my DIY Track Saw from aluminum profile and needing the saw "sled carriage" for my circular saw to slide perfectly against the aluminum profile!
Best regards from Mexico and let's keep designing and making those factory overexpensive accesories by ourselves!
@@alfredomarquez9777 I will add a link to the description
This is awesome, a builder building their own tools again, like the old days :)
8 times stronger sir!
Re your: “makes it more than twice as strong”..
Bending resistance is width x height x height x height (times a constant for the material)
Width in this case is the steel thickness x two (as there are two side walls)
So: 2 times the height = 8 times stronger bending resistance. (2x2x2)
3 times higher = 27 times stronger
The beam height makes all the difference 😎
Kind regards
Anders
Sweden
@@tomfull6637 you are right, it’s not a constant ratio. I screwed up the math on this one. Anyway, the point was that it’s a lot stronger. 😉
This is one of the most underrated woodworking channels on UA-cam. Everything you put out is incredible! Keep it up!
I agree! Waaaaay underrated 👇
@@BustedKnuckleWoodworks and look at this. You're a man of the people!
You and Mathew Peech should do a video together!!
You are top notch!!
@@scottbyrd2157 I would do it! He probably doesn’t know I exist though 😂
@@BustedKnuckleWoodworks you should reach out to him. You both could have a great video.
Thank you for providing an oasis of sanity in an insane world of “You must buy all these expensive tools to be a woodworker.” I want to save my money for wood to make stuff, not have a super fancy workshop. You help me remember that and find ways to do it.
Well said!
This is how my grandfather thought. I've always admired 'Redneck Engineering.'
Just a few days ago I had an impossible seam to caulk. I jerry rigged up my own 'tool' with a straw, some wire, and some electrical tape. (Courtesy of youtube.) When I showed my husband my little hack - and my perfectly caulked seam - I was so proud of myself.
He grumbled, "Don't they make an actual *tool* for that?"
I smiled brightly and said, "They sure do! It's $16.99 plus tax from Amazon. I can grab one right now if you think that's better. Want me to remove the caulk I did and redo it with the right tool? It'll only add about three days to this job."
His eyes widened and he said, "No. This is fine."
My turn to grumble. "Then you'd better be REALLY happy and enthusiastic about my solution and tell me how great of a job I did or I'm buying it right now."
To his credit, he did laugh and lavished praise upon my greatness.
Honestly, we can all be nickled and dimed to death if we don't MacGyver what we can. I can't believe how fast the money goes out the window lately.
I've been in the construction business for nearly 50 years and never thought of using strut in my panel glue-ups. Thanks for the idea and you just got another subscriber.
Welcome aboard David 🫡
The idea to apply pressure on the horizontal axis is sooooo neat! Fantastic video!
Thanks bud!
I've used this for the last 30 + years for plumbing drains, water lines, and gas lines, unit heaters etc. and now I have another use for it, thanks.
Many, many uses for this stuff!
Hey Lee! I’d like to say something positive about your videos! I would like to think that over 3/4 of your viewers are watching as like most beginners in a wood working shop we are constantly looking for a cheaper way to accomplish the goal of meeting our goals. Hinting to jigs as we all either take or make an idea to help assist us in our tasks. Adapt, improvise, and overcome obstacles in life in general. Unfortunately you got a bunch of folks that don’t like anything but their way. I’m sure you wanna tell them where to stick their comments as negative energy builds. Everyone has an idea or different approach to solve problems in life however you’re actually sharing it and shedding some light to it. I personally like your approach and believe it’s worth it. I can absolutely careless what others think. Creators like yourself deserve credit regardless of your videos. You among others are what inspires other ideas that maybe leads to something new or better.
I encourage you to continue your quest and TRY really hard to stay clear of the negativity in comments. Your strength comes from your viewers that believe in YOU!
Keep up the amazing content!!
A+ for all the hard work of testing and refining these ideas. the simplicity and economy of the result is impressive
It was definitely a lot of work
Brilliant solutions! I especially like the wedges.
Can’t get more economical than that!
The wedges not being cool are why I like them so much!
@@scottreynoldswoodworking Wedges ARE cool!
@@scottreynoldswoodworking 😂
There's always the joy of using the tools that you made on projects. It's a priceless feeling.
@@anthonyseiver7000 yeah, there’s a lot of satisfaction in it. Plus, more $$$ for wood!
The final product was fantastic! Let it be known that THIS was the video that made me a subscriber!
That’s awesome! I’m glad you liked it 👍
great minds think alike. i came up with my own version of these after nearly choking to death on how much the rockler clamps cost a few years ago. I fabricated something very similar to the mechanism in the rocker clamps. That was a lot of work. I really like some of your ideas much better. 1-it’s quicker to modify a clamp, 2-Harbor Freight has cheap yet good clamps. I’m going to use your ideas when I need additional clamps.
Yeah, used a lot of Harbor Freight clamps for the prototypes!
Nicely done. Lots of variations to the original design here. Thanks for the recommendation.
Thanks to my viewers, they had lots of great ideas!
I think you did an amazing job presenting your clamp ideas. Some were BRILLIANT. The one comment that said watching your videos was a waist of time among other things. That type of comments are uncalled for and demonstrates his level of thinking and how myopic his views truly are. I enjoyed your ideas and most of all your personality. Great ideas with a fantastic presentation. I subscribed to your channel. I let guys like you do the thinking and the planning for me. Good Job and very well done! Some people….. they are just simply better than than many of us. LIVE BIG & SPEND IT ALL. TS, PORTLAND
Thanks very much! Portland is my hometown! (The one in Maine 😁)
Great solutions - I already have pipe clamps so using them with struts will work perfect and better than the wooden cauls that I use. I loved that stratocaster scene - got a good laugh out of it!
The long album-cut version is in the first video 😁
Just discovered this site. As an experimental physicist who needs all kinds of not only custom parts, but custom solutions, this site is full of cool ideas that work.
Just doing my part for science 🫡
I’ve watched lots of these but your system is tops.
Thanks for saying so 🤩
One of the best videos ive seen recently. Love that you are spreading the word about UHMW/Slick tape - uses for it appear more than I could’ve imagined. There’s also a place in my shop for the inverse - friction tape. Perfect solution to ensure the work stays in place on the surface of jigs such as the coping sled.
It definitely is a game changer!
Did this same thing with some "unistrut" I got for free and needed some panel clamps before watching this. I also use wood shims to hold the wood tight together and 1x blocks to keep the "unistrut" off of the panels I and gluing.
It really does work great!!
You had some great ideas to improve it and I will definitely add some.
Cool!
I've been using this method too. I'm a retired plumber and had some laying around, so I gave it a try. I've never seen those square washers for strut before, so thanks for showing those. They'll be perfect. Subscribed.
@@Gazman299 I use the no-spin saddle washers quite a bit actually.
@@BustedKnuckleWoodworks It was a good video. Thanks again.
On your first video I thought to myself I have seen this before, as I have had those in my shop for years and don't know where I got the idea. But this video - hands down original, you knocked it out of the park.
Thanks 🙏 Gotta swing for those fences!
This was excellent. I love watching your videos progress in quality. The original idea was great but all your improvements brings it up to just genius. I will add to my list of things to make. Thanks for your work on this video.
Thanks very much. This video was cursed from beginning to end from a quality standpoint. Original audio wasn’t in sync, all the b roll was the wrong frame rate, you name it, everything went wrong. I am happy I could even finish it 😂
Great solution my dude. With that added C clamp, you’ve made a full on wood torture device!
@@Stillworks hmm 🤔 you’ve just given me an idea…
I love your ingenuity - the C clamp use is top shelf!
Glad you like it!
Mate, I love your approach and banter.
Great videos.
Much appreciated!
I keep watching this video because it has so many neat ideas. For horizontal clamping, IMO the wedge/shims seem the best option for ease of use, cost, and coverage. Probably over thinking it, but with the modified C clamp and only 2 cauls, it seems like I wouldn't get even horizontal pressure especially in the middle or ends. Consider 45 degree angles out from the point of horizontal clamping, and you should get some overlap if you want to avoid gaps in your seams, especially if the pieces you are edge gluing have a bit of bend to them. Minor niggle, but something I think the wedges address better.
You could use a slimmer piece of strut channel to give a much more rigid surface to press against.
I bought the thicker Unistrut in 10 foot lengths and then cut them into thirds so I have a total of 6 each about 3'-4" long. Gives me a lot of flexibility for projects based on my shop size even up to a table top. I use the open side of the strut facing the wood and covered them with cheap painters tape to help prevent glue sticking, and easy replacement if I ever feel it's needed.
Fantastic! Now I just need to remember to buy and construct these calls before my next big glue up.
Definitely 👍
I’ve used your Superstrut cauls on several projects and they are genius! My only real problem has been squeezed-out glue sticking to them, so I am going to try the tape you recommend. The handle-nuts look like a good upgrade, too. Thanks for the great ideas!
That “Malecki” tape works great 😊
I like the strut cauls, simple and cheap. However, I think the pipe clamps are the Easiest solution for squeezing the boards for glue up.
@@jamesomalley4257 I actually agree with you. Just wanted to show the haters from the first video that it could be done!
Great job. Thank you 😊
You’re welcome!
Big selling points for me with the mods that eliminate the horizontal pipe clamps are cost and less mess. Schedule 40 pipe and pipe clamps do cost some decent money and take up space in a small shop. They do get covered in squeeze out, which you can wipe off or scrape off when you are done, but what I don't like is having to work around them to clean up squeeze out during the glue up. This would let the squeeze out start to harden up, and still allow easy access to come back through with a scraper to clean in up without removing and clamps until the glue is fully cured.
😢 just amazing, I've been trying to figure out how i could do just this and was ready to start trying random stuff, then bam, here you are to the rescue!! Thank you so very much for such a simple solution 😊
Glad I could help!
Nicely done! This saves me some trial & error!
I did all the trial and error part lol
@BustedKnuckleWoodworks Indeed you did! 👍
Very clever! Good for you!
Thank you sir. So many great ideas.
I put as many ideas in this one as I could think of!
Thank you for your inventive, humorous and economical solution to wide glue-ups. I definitely will be making some of these. Keep up the good work!
Go for it, have fun!
Every second of this is absolute brilliance!
@@CredibleHulk10 Are you just saying this because of the Hulk reference? 😂
@@BustedKnuckleWoodworks Ha!
That was enough for the ❤️, but the SOLID content and amazing ideas got the comment. Keep it up, champ. 👌🏻
Lee you are the man! I dig anybody who innovates anything. Like I always told the new guys in the autobody shops I worked at when it came to tools, The bolt doesn't care or know what tool you got it out with. Keep up the good work and forget the haters. I made the ones you previously showed and they worked awesome at a fraction of the cost. You rock brother!
@@immurerecords can’t be tight if it’s a liquid, right? 😂
I hadn't seen any of your videos before, but I'm now a subscriber. Keep up the great work.
Welcome aboard!
Pretty cool indeed. Thanks again.
Glad you enjoyed it
I made these clamping cauls and LOVE them ! Now time to upgrade with some clamps I was wondering what I was going to use for! LOVE your ideas!! Now for a cheap easy drum sander.....lol
Hmm 🤔 I bet I could invent a drum sander lol
This is some of the most useful information I've seen on any woodworking channel. I'm going to build some clamping culls like these. Than you very much.
Glad it was helpful, go for it!
Hey man! Great idea and explained well! Of course we all can come up with our own ideas after watching this. But explained great and informative! Keep up the good work
That’s the idea! I hope viewers will check out the various options and maybe come up with even better ideas 💡
2:52 *note to self * if ordering spring nuts, get telescopic magnet as well
Or a younger back!
@@BustedKnuckleWoodworks I Wish!!! 3 back surgeries and enough titanium for a few drill sets.. I’d settle for a good repair honestly
Very good content, entertaining and informative. Really good ideas presented repurposing those clamps to work with the struts. Very nice, sir. subscribed!
Glad it was helpful!
I do like your style of video, keep it up. thanks
You stood above the armchair Karens, then made a better tool. Thank you brother.
@@odbo_One “armchair Karens” 😂 too funny, imma totally stealing that
I think wedges are super cool!!!!
Only when they are pie 🥧😁
Very good 2nd video. I've been using spur shelving rods as a kinda substitute for the parts you use. Works OK
@@clemmcguinness1087 interesting idea 💡
Thank you for this excellent educational video. Carry On Sir!
Thanks, will do!
Great ideas! I'm saving this video for the future.😊😊😊
Yay! Thank you!
Very seldom do I actually follow any UA-cam woodworkers. I am jaded from the 2015ish era. But ever now and again UA-cam will feed me something I actually like. This was awesome. There are so many simple solutions I never try and work out for my self because I am a time is money guy, and I'd rather just go buy stuff. This video has inspired me to 1. Actually do this. But also 2. Think before I spend. I know it sounds silly. But for some of us, money is not a huge problem, but its nice to save. The problem is more time, and effort. The thing I like about this vs other cheap solutions is typically you're giving something up. Not here. Its not a huge time, or money investment, and it actually gives you more flexibility and options. This is simply brilliant. Any compliment I can give you is honestly not enough.
Thanks for this awesome comment. To be honest, I don’t really invent things to save money. I approach it as more of a mental exercise. When I find myself needing a device to do something, I always try to come up with my own thing first, and it becomes kind of a game. Often I become more absorbed in that part than actually making the original project. I often spend days, even weeks thinking about how to do things differently. It certainly makes my time in the shop a lot more interesting.
@@BustedKnuckleWoodworks It shows. You've inspired me and taught me a lot.
Money is not an issue here, but advantage is you can have lots of U channel sizes for different projects which save on floor space. Most of the plastic quickgrips are garbage and eventually slip.
Thanks! Really….THANKS. That is a great idea abd thought from the beginning to the end. Perfect!
Glad it was helpful!
This is awesome and who doesn’t look for a project to do?! The manufacturing of this alone is appealing!
Making your own stuff is half the fun! 😁
Excellent ideas! Great delivery. I subscribed!
Welcome aboard!
This is a great set of ideas. I never knew there was hardware available for these things and I appreciate the cost consciousness. I'll definitely keep it in mind should I find myself in the need. Thanks a bunch for sharing.
@@jazbuilding you’re very welcome. Thanks for watching!
Very...VERY cool! Thank you for sharing. I think I can make these with even a regular pipe clamp. Subscribed!
Thanks for the sub!
Perfect I’ve been considering making these but in my mind thought something is missing, now I know what. For thin panels .25 thick this is a perfect solution, and the wedges will work. For thicker panels the clamps will suffice, point being glue it up move it out of the way, get more done!
As I pointed out, can’t do thin panels with those fancy store bought contraptions
Thank you
You’re welcome ☺️
Brilliant ideas! Can't wait to implement them myself. Thank you!
@@JohnnyFYX My pleasure! 😇
Excellent video. I've been experimenting with these struts and have used some to make an elevator in my (very small) shop. I love your ideas and hope you don't mind if I copy some.
Of course, copy away!
Fantastic logic, and I love all the solutions you came up with. Not sure if it has been mentioned in the comments yet, but with the wedges you could use another clamp across to pull them together offering a more even pressure and much less likely to pop out...
That has been mentioned, it’s a valid point.
I was quite happy to see this video has i have 4 x 30" lengths of the shallow uni strut, left from a project that i've been wanting to do something with. Out of interest in the UK we call the spring nuts 'Zebs', after a childrens tv character called Zeberdee, who was on a show called the magic roundabout.
Weird. Did Zeb have a spring in his butt too? 😂
Very nice. I love the way the wood working community has such fun sense of humor. I love the cameos in your video ...I think I am going to go out and get some of this material and keep it on hand ..
Thanks 🙏 I’m glad you appreciate the humor!
Great refinements. I wouldn't have considered wedges for this setup, good tip!
Yeah, definitely works
Love it man - keep up the great videos!!
Thanks! Will do!
This is outstanding! Thank you for sharing!
My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it
This is genius. Love your channel. I’m a new subscriber. These ideas are great. I plan to make some of these
@@steveferguson1232 Welcome aboard Steve! 🫡
It seems like you could mount that cannel to the wall. That might limit your flexibility, but it would clear up your benchtop.
Would have made it very difficult to film the video though…
Brilliant Solution!
Thanks Jeffrey
Love it! I’ve always had the idea in the back of my head about doing “something” with c-clamps to make them more useful. Mostly when using them like a press, like in compressing a brake caliper or forcing a pin into a hole. It seems the C clamp is never the right length, the head is always slipping off or doesn’t fit right etc. I’m going to start experimenting with these right away.
Go for it! There’s lots of things you can do…
Really like your content and how you show your progress and refinements to the clamp design.
Thank you very much!
Lee what a great video with so many great ideas on clamping calls definitely going to give them a try. Thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it my man 🙏
Very cool! You, Sir, are a genius!
Wow, thanks!
You're right. Depending on who you ask is the name they'll use for the strut.
Everybody calls it something different 🤷🏻♂️
Very nice, excellent in fact
Many many thanks 🙏
Increadable work great ideas much satisfaction,great video thank you.👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Until now I frowned on
C clamps.Thanks for
turning this around....
I’ll admit I don’t use them often but for these it made sense
That last video was brilliant…this one even more brilliant.
@@jlivewell Aww man thanks 🙏
@@BustedKnuckleWoodworks Now I have to find a way to tell my wife that I NEED these. Hahaha
Lessons, Tips & Techniques... it's all in here. and I have those Metals but without holes in it, .. I'll just put holes and use it in my Wall Mount Folding Table project. Thank you sir.
Awesome 👏 thanks for watching?
@@BustedKnuckleWoodworks for now I keep visualizing what to do to make an angle grinder slide using tubulars pipes without using wielding machine hehehe
Love the upgrades! Super creative ideas and that hulk reference....very nice 🤣
@@fiveduckstudio I knew you’d like that one 😁
Hi Lee, I recently found you and I love the videos. I am a beginner trying to do woodworking as a hobby. I thought about using the strut channels as a straight edge reference when squaring a board. Reason for that is because I don't have the money or space for a table saw or even a miter saw. So the idea was to use the strut channel as a fence for a plunge router and that way making square boards of larger lengths. Let me know if you have tried that. I would like to know if the strut channels are straight enough for that use case.
Thank you for the funny and informational videos.
Strut channel is very straight and I have used it as both a router and a circular saw guide.
Excelent video. Thank you for sharing these panel clamps. I have been on the verge of buying a couple of the Rockler sets every time I am in their store, this will save me.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks, I do like your style of video
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
What a great video. All you supplied was solutions. Excellent stuff. I still use the ol tape edge wooden cauls, and all they do is bend. I’m way over due to for this upgrade haha, thanks duuuude! Love the attachment idea for any clamps too, just brilliant. 🤙
Get you some! 💪
Damn this is fantastic! Definitely going to have to do this!
Which part did you like best? “All of it” is an acceptable answer 😁
Great ideas. Thanks for sharing!
You are so welcome!
You are just brilliant. Thanks for an excellent video and your hard work.
Thank you very much!
Just here to add some positivity. You're great and thanks for the hard work!
Thank you for the positivity. Please feel free to add some to my next video too! 😇
Awesome ideas! Glad to see you back, too
Good to be back!
Now that is how to think outside the box. Brilliant ( I think ) innovations .
Your thinking is correct, I am brilliant 💡 😂
Good job handling the haters out there. Keep up the good work 👍
Thanks, will do!
I absolutely love this video, thank you so much!
You are so welcome!
Great video. You knock it out of the park with these economic solutions.
@@Bark-to-Bed-Woodworking thanks man! Really appreciate you watching good sir
Pretty cool, thanks for sharing!
You bet!
great improvements will have to figure out what's best for me
@@davidcorliss lots of options to choose from!
There is nothing I can add 🤯 , but an additional comment for the algorithm. Exceptional channel… I mean above and beyond well edited and thought through videos. Very entertaining and informative. Great way to start my day and as long as I can achieve well jointed edges, I’ll know what to do from there. Thank you 🙏🏼 if I’m not subscribed, I will be now. Great sponsor choice too. 👍🏼
So nice of you to say. Made my day!
I had to watch this on my Big Screen cuz it's such a BIG IDEA!
Haha can’t fit all this genius on a phone 😂
From North Austin, thanks for your update!
@@tamayotrees I used to live just off of Parmer. Love me some North ATX! Closer to Rockler too 😂