What is it?

Re: What is it?

Cal Beasley

>It's a clamp that can be mounted to a bench top to hold boards upright for planing, etc. You pull back the sliding portion, put your board in, and wedge the sliding portion up against the back side of your board. I've had one for about 10 years. Mounted it to a piece of poplar in lieu of screwing to my bench top. I think I've used it two or three times. It's more of a conversation piece than a must-have item.

Cal

Re: Mount it like this? 

Kevin French, Antrim, NH

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Re: and use it like this? 

Kevin French, Antrim, NH

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No, you're doing it all wrong....

Rob Brophy...lost in Niagara

>....the beer needs to be opened.

Nice find Kevin!....Rob

Re: and use it like this?

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Looks kind of dangerous to the health of your blades to me. You've got metal bearing down on metal.

Pam

Maybe a bench clamp?

Dan Donaldson

>ducking and running ;-)

Re: It's in the workbench book (Landis)

paul womack

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Re: What is it?

Ernie Miller

>That is kind of neet I may have to make one of wood don't like the idea of crashing a blade on that.

I've got an aluminum one (easier on blades)

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>but it doesn't work well - the wedge tends to lift, because the maker didn't dovetail the shape.

Re: and use it like this?

Kevin French, Antrim, NH

>Pam I'm more concerned about wedging a board between two pieces of metal and dinging up the board.

I think as Cal said; I got one, I might find it useful a couple times, it makes a good conversation piece.

Re: No, you're doing it all wrong....

Kevin French, Antrim, NH

>Rob the beer didn't spend very long WO/being opened. What you saw was the beer sitting and warming up a bit. Good beer taste best at around 45-50 degrees, there's more favor. BAD BUD/LIGHT BEER taste best just above freezing so you can't taste it.

Sorry Kevin, it's a common Canadian belief...

Rob Brophy...lost in Niagara

>...that it is bad luck to have an unopened bottle on a table. Re-corking a bottle is also severely frowned upon in fear of trapping bad spirits in the bottle and ruining the contents....Rob (with apologies to Mr Mowat)

Re: I've got an aluminum one (easier on blades)

Peter Hyde

>You know it's always the same old story. Someone takes a good simple idea that's been around since Jesus was an apprentice and decides it needs improving. So we end up with a wedge and make it out of metal. What was wrong with a piece of scrap with a long wedge shape cut in it and a hold fast to hold it to the bench? Bloody progress.... Bah Humbug! :-)