9 - Frame Clamp - Manhattan Wood Project
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- Опубліковано 17 сер 2013
- In this video, I make a very useful frame clamp out of birch. This frame clamp can be used on frames of any reasonable size, and even unreasonably sized frames can be clamped if longer arms are made.
Details and pictures can be found on www.ManhattanWoodProject.com. - Навчання та стиль
Yes I do like your video! ! Very much so! What a great idea. I think I'll head out to the shop now and make one. Cheers
David Handley Thank you very much, let me know how yours turns out!
What a great JIG!. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you!
Nice little project that works great! Thanks!
Great video, I remember years ago, Hershey made a aluminium version similar to this. You can't buy them anymore in the UK, besides yours as a better range. You've inspired me to give it a go.
Thank you im working on setting up my wood shop finally, and will eventually make frames for 100's of pictures that are in boxes. great video!
Albert Miranda Very cool, I'd love to see your frame clamp when you build it!
Will do . Currently working on ripping mahogany from a job I'm doing planning on some inlays and then on to the frame work. Thanks again .keep the videos coming.
very nice! this is a great jig to have for making wall frames for interior design
I will be making this. Great design.
Great job!.Thanks very much for the informative video.
wow... your creativity astounds me!
Thanks! This idea actually inspired by someone else, but hopefully some of my creativity comes through in my other projects.
Wow! Very nice! I'm going to build me up one of these clamps! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you! I'm going to start selling them soon, but they're a lot of fun to actually make.
How do I go about ordering one? Do you have any idea what the price will be?
Thanks for the interest! I just recently started selling these clamps in 2 sizes, one is large like in this video and the other is smaller and designed for regular document/portrait size frames. You can check out the current pricing at www.manhattanwoodproject.com/frame-clamps.html.
Excellent idea. I want copy this for use in my shop.Thank you for this Video. Thumb up!
Thanks, it's a very useful tool and was easy to make.
amazing, what a simple but effective system. thanks for sharing
Thank you!
This is an awesome jig! I don't know how I haven't seen more people making/using it :/
Thank you!
nice build ! Thanks for the video.
Thanks!
SWEET! Thanks so much for providing the Sketchup file!
Keith can you send me the sketchup file for this project?
thanks for the video! very helpful for my project.. :)
Simple, effective, well done.
Ed Waggoner Sr. Thank you very much!
Brilliant idea! thank u for sharing :-)
Thank you!
Great Video
Great video! I like how it only takes one applied clamp to tighten the whole clamping system.
Robert Hicks Thank you! It's a handy little tool with a lot of potential.
This is a fantastic clamp. One thing I'd mention. Try putting blue painters tape on the 2 objects you will double side tape together first. Then you only have to peel the blue tape and that is cake.
That's a great idea, and it'll help keep glue from squeezing out the back and into the clamps! Have a great New Year!
thanks for sharing.. awesome!
I'm glad you like it! :)
hi rikki. i was wondering if it would be possible to glueup frames that are not 90degrees with this type of clamp? or is it possible to make slight modification to it to make it possible?
Like the set up
Ken Maxwell Thank you!
thanks man... great idea!!
Hans Muñoz Glad you like it!
those side burns,
badass
+READTHISBITCHESZ lol, thanks! :)
I love seeing a Shopsmith in use...they are so under rated. I have a 520 and a 510 shorty that i use for drilling and pen turning. i see your DC3300 in the background, you don't have the plastic bags? what is the canvas type?
I love the Shopsmith, but it's so big that it seems funny whenever I use it to turn something pen-sized on the lathe. Doesn't stop me, but I laugh at the idea of using something that big for a super-small project. :)
I do have the plastic bags, it's almost full and needs to be changed out. The canvas hood is just the standard 7 micron 12" hood, which is good enough for me for now.
Thanks for share your idea!!!
Thank you!
Очень понравилось Ваше видео. Вы супер.
Большое вам спасибо за ваши добрые слова.
Wonderful jig! I found it's also good to use as a nunchaku.🤣😂
Finally a decent clamping jig.
That's a clever one.
Sick sick sick project....you must had a hell of a mind spin while trying to get this on paper :) man I love those sleepless nights trying to find answers and problem solving hours.....
Thank you! Unfortunately I can't take credit for this, I saw it somewhere and decided to make my own version of it. Problem solving is definitely a lot of fun though, something I get to do a lot of with some of these projects. :)
Great frame clamp. What type of disk sander was that? Did you make it on your table saw?
Thanks! The disk sander is part of the table saw, which is a Shopsmith Mark 7. It's a multi-purpose tool, and works great in my relatively small shop.
I tried to use this on a much larger scale to clamp a 60x60" table top with mitered corners. The material was 5" wide, 1 1/2" thick poplar, so my Bessey corner clamp wasn't wide enough to glue one joint at a time. I didn't want to tie up a quick-clamp, so I used a bolt through one of the linkages into a T-nut in the opposing linkage. To a greater degree than in your video, I experienced a lot of flexing of the long arms once the jig was tightened. I had to give up, as the clamp pressure was too uneven at each joint and allowed the clamp to spring free of the workpiece!. Birch ply, or better yet aluminum bar stock would have worked better than gluing two layers of MDF together in my version.
Has anyone tried metal arms, or perhaps a top and bottom layer of arms to minimize flexing of the clamp? I thought about clamping the arms to a work surface, but 5'x5' was way bigger than my assembly table. Plus, I would not be able to set it aside on edge to dry.
Kes Barkauskas Great observations, thanks for letting me know! I like your idea of using a bolt and t-nut too.I would imagine for wood and joints that large something a lot stiffer would be necessary, but you may be able to get a lot more clamping pressure by attaching a set of long arms to both sides. You'd have to clamp or bolt on both sides also, but if the table legs are removed it shouldn't be too difficult.
To reduce the bow of Flexing dado a slot most way of your arms and Glue in .750” ply on edge in your arms !
Just a thought tho !
Good job
Thank you!
Very good thank you
Thanks!
very good!
Thank you!
really cool project - do you still use this sytem today?
I haven't made any more frames, but I do use it when I'm regluing corners from store-bought frames that fell off the wall. I am getting ready to make a few frames though, some large, so it should make a re-appearance soon.
Nice!
Thank you!
I want to download but what is a .skp file, and I can't open it... interesting
+Lynard Burt Sorry it took me so long to get back to you! A .SKP file is a file for Google SketchUp.
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Will this work on frames that are not square ?
Yup, it should work on any square or rectangular frame. The frame I used was actually somewhat rectangular. I suspect it would also work on trapezoidal frames with angles that aren't 90 degrees, but the feet would need to be cut specific to the angles they clamped and I suspect it would be somewhat difficult to put on the hand clamp and not have it slide off.
Your disc sander looks just like a table saw?
+Despicably Irascible Rapscallion That's because it is. :) It's a Shopsmith, which is expensive, but turns into 7 different tools while only taking up the space of 1. It's the only reason I can do woodworking in the junk collection that is my garage.
ManhattanWoodProject LOL. I have a spare worksite table saw. Do you think it would be possible to use it as a disc sander?
You might be able to do that if you made a disk to fit on it, but I'm not sure whether the saw's bearings would be able to handle the side loading on it. It's an interesting idea though, something izzy swan would probably be able to answer.
ManhattanWoodProject Thanks for the lead.
That a Good ides Bubba
I’ll try and take Two 12” JUNK SAW BLADES, Bolt them together and grind off the Teeth so I know the Arbor size is right However I will have to cut a center hole in the self adhesive sanding disc to clear the Saw Table Arbor Washer and PRESTO we now have a fast changing dual purpose Tool !
Just a thought tho !
It is better than a lot of holes in each leg to make a groove in that
Fardin Net That's a good idea. I'm not sure how much force I'd be able to apply without the plastic washers slipping, and I don't want to tear up the legs using washers or nuts that will bite into the wood.
Fardin Net iii. .
it's so awesome !! i need one, i don't know if you can send to me the files to do it. please.
:D
I don't have the SketchUp files for it any more, but it should be easy to make up on the fly. As long as your duplicate parts are similar enough, any error will be compensated for by the hand clamp in the middle.
If you're interested in buying a set, I am now offering them in 2 sizes. www.manhattanwoodproject.com/frame-clamps.html
Looks like site is down.....does anyone have the sketchup file for this? I would love to make or buy one
чудово! клас!
+руслан Васьковский Велике спасибі!
Hello. Is your website still up?
HI Jeremy, I took it down for a little bit so I can revamp it and move it to a different host. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, but should have back up in the next couple weeks.
i dont have all those tools Riki, can you sell me one?
+nanookdd I think I will be able to start making and selling these in the next couple months, if you want to e-mail your address to robert @ manhattanwoodproject.com, I will figure out a price plus shipping and let you know. :)
Sorry it took so long, but I am now offering frame clamps in 8 woods and in 2 sizes. www.manhattanwoodproject.com/frame-clamps.html
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The disc sander?