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!!
THIS IS AWESOME!! I'm starting woodworking on a budget and love the combo system idea with super strut with modified C-clamps for a glue up. Thanks for sharing Dumond😄👍
As a mechanical engineer, I am indeed impressed by your truly innovative solutions! Well done. Reminds me of some crazy designs I’ve come up with over the years. Some even were patented! Keep it up sir!
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!
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.
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.
Ive been using strut channel around the shop for 40+yrs. Having a Dad in the electrical industry sure helped. I use it for lumber racks, tool racks, roof racks, etc. I even used it to mount my 3 phase inverter above my service panel. Good stuff. Also, if you buy your threaded rod in the strut asile, you get 10 feet for the same price as a 3ft piece in the hdwr asile. Great video. Appreciate your no nonsense videos.
Great content. I enjoy your ingenuity and realize the time it takes to make that content. I've made shelves with uni strut and threaded rod from the garage ceiling and a two by four on the wall. That stuff is STRONG.
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.
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.
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'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.
Great ideas Knuckles. I like you “keep it simple” approach. Certainly beats the high price factor of some big name clamping solutions. I knew those pieces of Unistrut I have been hoarding would come in useful.
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’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!
I hope your channel is young, because this content, and the production quality, is top notch. You should have WAY more than 50k subscribers!! Keep it up. The subscribers will come!
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.
Hey great idea, I very rarely get any good ideas from woodworking videos. this is a legit tip. Now, how about taking it one step farther and figuring out how to use super strut to make a 4 direction clamp, it's the next logical progression of your work. Retail versions are 2-$300 to clamp a 4' panel. If you can figure out the hardware you could save everyone a ton of money and make a ton for yourself. People have been trying to make a reasonably priced 4 way clamp forever, I think you're the guy. Good Luck
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...
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.
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.
Very good content, entertaining and informative. Really good ideas presented repurposing those clamps to work with the struts. Very nice, sir. subscribed!
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.
@ Makes sense. You’d need your bolts pretty close to the edge of your panel. Keep up the good work. The woodworking world needs more of your cost-effective solutions.
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.
New subscriber here!…,love the videos you put out…very easy to follow & you have a great sense of humour…😁…perfect timing that I came across your panel glue up options…my wood is almost ready for this step…so thanks!..👍
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
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
Thanks for the video. I wish more people would apply themselves to coming up with solutions rather than just buying someone else's "solution". Great stuff.
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.
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!
When you showed horizontal clamping using wedges, wouldn't it have been better to place the wedges with the wide end toward the center, since that's where you want more pressure? It might be a little more awkward tapping them with a mallet, but you're smart. You'll figure something out. Love your channel.
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.
😢 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 😊
Damn that was absolutely wild. This is so cool and exactly the kind of out-of-the-box thinking I need more of to train my hobby skill brain. My goal is to start building a woodworking station without buying a ton of fancy tools. This was a great way to start that long journey. ❤
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.
Greatly appreciate your efficient and effective ideas. Would like to ask if you hav idea to use similar approach in gluing up wood rings or stacks of segmented rings for wood turning? A device that would ensure when stacking rings they stay centered? Thank you! David
I’m not a wood turner, so it’s not something I’ve ever tried to figure out. What I usually do is just hang around the hardware store or hardware websites and try to invent something in my mind, then just try it. It usually takes a lot of failed tries!
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.
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. 👍🏼
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.
my cnc machine base, i made from unistrut in 2008, love the stuff. great for projects!!! thanks for the suppliers, I never saw a handle nut, looks good. i always bought at the unistrut stuff and home depot and id probably have to go to 5 different home depots to get what i need. i saw the no spin washers you talked about, i need to get those, thanks!!!
Hey Lee!! Great job on your video! I watched your first video on this and thought it was good! Your like many who want to find something better and cheaper. Obviously everyone who had negative thoughts are so much better than anyone else. Ignore the negativity! It looks like I might be relocating your way from SC by the first of the year. So hopefully I get to catch you at one of your meets! Keep inspiring those who enjoy your channel. Ingenuity is the start of something that becomes a trend. Stay safe and enjoy your journey!!
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 ..
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. 🤙
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.
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. 😉
Brilliant. This is the difference between a woodworker with a UA-cam channel and a UA-camr that does woodworking.
Thanks for the compliment!
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.
Too many people now days get hung up on semantics instead of the message. So glad I found your channel. THANK YOU FOR SAVING ME A TON OF MONEY!!!
I agree! It's about getting the job done. 🙂
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!
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!!
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!
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 😂
The strut channels attached to casters and angle brackets are also great for making dollies and mobile bases.
And shelving units too! 👍
THIS IS AWESOME!!
I'm starting woodworking on a budget and love the combo system idea with super strut with modified C-clamps for a glue up.
Thanks for sharing Dumond😄👍
I’m on a budget too 👍
As a mechanical engineer, I am indeed impressed by your truly innovative solutions! Well done. Reminds me of some crazy designs I’ve come up with over the years. Some even were patented! Keep it up sir!
I'm glad you liked it! It's always rewarding to hear from people who get what we're trying to do here.
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 😁)
This is one of the best ideas I have seen in a while. Keep up the great work.
I appreciate it!
Thanks!
Wow 😮 only the second Super Thanks I’ve ever gotten! Imma be rich 💰
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 😁
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!
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!
Ive been using strut channel around the shop for 40+yrs. Having a Dad in the electrical industry sure helped. I use it for lumber racks, tool racks, roof racks, etc.
I even used it to mount my 3 phase inverter above my service panel. Good stuff. Also, if you buy your threaded rod in the strut asile, you get 10 feet for the same price as a 3ft piece in the hdwr asile. Great video. Appreciate your no nonsense videos.
Glad you enjoyed it! Strut channel is super versatile.
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
Nicely done. Lots of variations to the original design here. Thanks for the recommendation.
Thanks to my viewers, they had lots of great ideas!
Great content. I enjoy your ingenuity and realize the time it takes to make that content. I've made shelves with uni strut and threaded rod from the garage ceiling and a two by four on the wall. That stuff is STRONG.
Unistrut is amazing!
You show great imagination in creating jigs. Well done!
Thanks! That’s a huge compliment.
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!
Outstanding! You remind me of my dad. The creativity you and he used is remarkable either for cost or a better way. Thank you
That’s the best compliment, thanks!
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.
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!
Definitely underrated. Great advice and super funny. Thank you for a great channel.
I’m so glad you like the channel, makes it all worth it.
@BustedKnuckleWoodworks don't miss a video. Greetings from South Africa.
@@riaan6421 I want to visit there someday!
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'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.
Great ideas Knuckles. I like you “keep it simple” approach. Certainly beats the high price factor of some big name clamping solutions. I knew those pieces of Unistrut I have been hoarding would come in useful.
Yup! It’s all about working smarter, not harder!
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? 😂
By far this is the best panel glueup afordable idea! thanks for the tip! It could even replace expensive 4 way clamps in my shop.
I agree! It's a game-changer.
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 😊
Really enjoy your videos. I have already used your superstrut idea and will be trying a clamping solution like this one as well. Thanks!
That’s awesome to hear, I’m glad these worked out for you!
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…
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 💡
I hope your channel is young, because this content, and the production quality, is top notch. You should have WAY more than 50k subscribers!! Keep it up. The subscribers will come!
Maybe one day!
50k +1 now
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.
This is great! It's like 80/20 but without the ridiculous markup!
Yeah dude! 👍
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!
Hey great idea, I very rarely get any good ideas from woodworking videos. this is a legit tip. Now, how about taking it one step farther and figuring out how to use super strut to make a 4 direction clamp, it's the next logical progression of your work. Retail versions are 2-$300 to clamp a 4' panel. If you can figure out the hardware you could save everyone a ton of money and make a ton for yourself. People have been trying to make a reasonably priced 4 way clamp forever, I think you're the guy. Good Luck
You didn’t watch the whole video did you? 🤔
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.
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!
Great stuff, Lee! I love how you work through and explain all the problems and potential solutions. Subscribed!
Glad you liked the explanation!
Watched part 1, then part 2- and you got yourself a new subscriber! This is good stuff.
Welcome aboard!
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.
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!
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.
Hi Lee, great video. Your solution to applying horizontal force got me thinking. Could you just use a simple cam mechanism with the bolt as its axis?
I actually tried this but it doesn’t provide much travel unless you make them pretty large.
@ Makes sense. You’d need your bolts pretty close to the edge of your panel. Keep up the good work. The woodworking world needs more of your cost-effective solutions.
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 🫡
Mate, I love your approach and banter.
Great videos.
Much appreciated!
enjoying your channel and humorous dialogue as well as simple innovations
Thanks! That's exactly the vibe I'm going for.
New subscriber here!…,love the videos you put out…very easy to follow & you have a great sense of humour…😁…perfect timing that I came across your panel glue up options…my wood is almost ready for this step…so thanks!..👍
Welcome aboard! I'm glad you like my style.
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
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 💡
First time viewer, here...now subscribed. Lee, you are clever and FUNNY, man!!! Thanks for sharing these ideas!
Thanks for subscribing! Glad you enjoyed the video 🙂
Thanks for the video. I wish more people would apply themselves to coming up with solutions rather than just buying someone else's "solution". Great stuff.
That’s what I’m trying to do!
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.
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
When you showed horizontal clamping using wedges, wouldn't it have been better to place the wedges with the wide end toward the center, since that's where you want more pressure? It might be a little more awkward tapping them with a mallet, but you're smart. You'll figure something out.
Love your channel.
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!
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!
I’ve watched lots of these but your system is tops.
Thanks for saying so 🤩
😢 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!
Damn that was absolutely wild. This is so cool and exactly the kind of out-of-the-box thinking I need more of to train my hobby skill brain.
My goal is to start building a woodworking station without buying a ton of fancy tools. This was a great way to start that long journey. ❤
Sounds like a great plan for you! Keep us posted on how it goes.
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!
Greatly appreciate your efficient and effective ideas. Would like to ask if you hav idea to use similar approach in gluing up wood rings or stacks of segmented rings for wood turning? A device that would ensure when stacking rings they stay centered?
Thank you!
David
I’m not a wood turner, so it’s not something I’ve ever tried to figure out. What I usually do is just hang around the hardware store or hardware websites and try to invent something in my mind, then just try it. It usually takes a lot of failed tries!
Offering solution after solution. Well done. You did an excellent job with this video.
Thank you very much!
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!
Great solutions all around! Thanks for this vid. What was the size of the handle nuts that you used?
Those are 1/2”-13 thread to match the bolts I used.
@@BustedKnuckleWoodworks Thank you. Going to try this!
I love the way you make things easy! Bravo!
Thanks, that’s the goal!
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! 🫡
Dorky but appealing. Good ideas and practical.
That’s the idea, thanks!
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!
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…
my cnc machine base, i made from unistrut in 2008, love the stuff. great for projects!!! thanks for the suppliers, I never saw a handle nut, looks good. i always bought at the unistrut stuff and home depot and id probably have to go to 5 different home depots to get what i need. i saw the no spin washers you talked about, i need to get those, thanks!!!
I love the way you've used it! Uni-strut is a game changer
Hey Lee!! Great job on your video! I watched your first video on this and thought it was good! Your like many who want to find something better and cheaper. Obviously everyone who had negative thoughts are so much better than anyone else. Ignore the negativity!
It looks like I might be relocating your way from SC by the first of the year. So hopefully I get to catch you at one of your meets!
Keep inspiring those who enjoy your channel. Ingenuity is the start of something that becomes a trend.
Stay safe and enjoy your journey!!
@@scottbyrd2157 Um, sorry, Texas is full. I hear Oklahoma has some room though 😆
Another great video Lee. Where did you get the handles for the first part of the video
I just added a link in the description.
Can this be used for laminating two boards together, face to face? Like, would it apply even pressure across the whole width?
@@davobonbon oh yeah definitely! I would probably put one every 18”-24” or so, depending on how big the glue up is.
Thank you for this excellent educational video. Carry On Sir!
Thanks, will do!
Really like your content and how you show your progress and refinements to the clamp design.
Thank you very much!
I hadn't seen any of your videos before, but I'm now a subscriber. Keep up the great work.
Welcome aboard!
Fantastic video! Thank you very much!
You're welcome! Glad you liked it.
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 🙏
Good job handling the haters out there. Keep up the good work 👍
Thanks, will do!
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!
Brilliant ideas! Can't wait to implement them myself. Thank you!
@@JohnnyFYX My pleasure! 😇
Nicely done! This saves me some trial & error!
I did all the trial and error part lol
@BustedKnuckleWoodworks Indeed you did! 👍
Great job. Thank you 😊
You’re welcome!
I love your ingenuity - the C clamp use is top shelf!
Glad you like it!
I do like your style of video, keep it up. thanks
Very nice! What do you think of the Aluminum Strut Channels?
Never used aluminum. I don’t think I’d try those except for maybe a pretty small panel.
I love your videos. Fun and practical (useful). Thanks.
Thanks 🙏 and you’re welcome ☺️
Thank you sir. So many great ideas.
I put as many ideas in this one as I could think of!
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! 💪
Just happened upon this and all I can say is excellent ideas! Now subscribed.
Thanks for subscribing! 🙏
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!