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        I love making small picture frames but I had a problem keeping them square during clamping. I fixed my problem by making a pair of squaring blocks that I spring clamp [...]

      I love adjustable clamps, but I used to have trouble gripping and tightening the handles, especially at the end of a long day. Glued-on pieces of drawer liner ($5 per roll at [...]

      I keep a few landscape pavers handy in my workshop to use as hold-downs and weights when clamping is inconvenient. The only problem is that they leave grit behind with every [...]

Mobile Clamp Rack Hold it! Roll it! Hang it! Store it! By Roger Meinen Tired of dragging clamps around my shop, I built this rack that brings them right to the job. It takes up only 21 x 32 in. [...]

            I learned the hard way that pipe clamps leave ugly black stains during glue-ups wherever they contact wet wood. Those stains are hard to sand out! [...]

12 Techniques for Successful Gluing By Tom Caspar Do a dry fit Clamp your pieces without glue to make sure the joints come together tightly. This step also serves as a test for your choice of [...]

      I stack-laminate boards to create turning blanks. Each blank contains numerous laminations, so I have to work fast during assembly. To spread glue quickly and evenly, I use a [...]

        I’ve got a pile of K-body clamps that I use all the time. This clamp carousel guarantees they’re always close at hand. It stores 18 clamps in a 2-sq.-ft. [...]

by Frank Muhvich Storage space is limited in my shop, so my pipe clamps hang from the ceiling. I made this rack from 3/4-in. plywood and attached it to the ceiling joists with 3-in. decking [...]

by Mandy Houston     Dried glue used to make my pipe clamps hard to handle and use. Now I give the pipes a light coat of paste wax from time to time. The wax makes dried glue pop right [...]

by Brian Rajewski       One sure thing about clamps is that they’re never close enough when you need them. That’s why I devised this rolling rack. Its 4-in. locking [...]

Q. I’m building outdoor furniture from rough cedar. When I cut the wood, it’s soaking wet on the inside. Should I use polyurethane glue since it’s a moisture-cure glue? A. Not [...]