I have posted the tutorial as a PDF file attachment as it was picture intensive and I didn't want to have to mess with formatting the file here.
Please download and view the PDF file.
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Handscrew Clamp Tutorial
I have posted the tutorial as a PDF file attachment as it was picture intensive and I didn't want to have to mess with formatting the file here.
Please download and view the PDF file.Last edited by LCHIEN; 02-25-2021, 12:38 PM.Posting comments is disabled.
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This method is intended to replace nails, screws, and other metal fasteners in almost any type of wood joinery. The material is inexpensive and readily available in any grocery store. Simple hand tools are all that is needed to lock a wood joint and keep it from separating from use or age. The pins are bamboo kabob skewers and they typically run 1/8" to 5/32" in diameter making them a perfect size for wood joinery. Bamboo has straight, tough grain that is very resistant to shear forces....04-18-2025, 11:57 AM
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LCHIEN
How to set Bit and or blade height using various methods.
By Loring Chien
Oct 20, 2024
Someone remarked how they had a hard time setting bit heights. Here is a brief tutorial on several ways and the best way I have found.
The classic way is to use a ruler and measure the tip of the cutting bit, as shown below:
This is some problems, hard to see, parallax, resolution. And that the tip of the bit is not flat but pointed. The cut will be to the depth...10-20-2024, 09:50 PM -
byLCHIEN
Trying to drill into a outside 90 degree corner, 45° to each side, is tough, the drill bit keeps wanting to walk off.
You can whack a small flat on the corner.
But here is a way I did it perfectly. Using this corner drill jig
Using the drilling jig, One hand is enough to hold the jig while drilling. The small vertical stick touching the top of the jig is my measurement stick. I use that to set the precise reproducible location of the hole relative to the top of the workpiece....04-26-2024, 09:41 PM -
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So you want to buy a BT3 clone. Been out of production for a while. Shopping on Craigs list or for sale ads is hard
You have to keep an eye out and you have to be used to spotting the appearance giveaway features of the various models... Ryobi BT3000, BT3100, Craftsman 22811 and 21829
There are certain things that clue you in and there are many ads that don't give model numbers and have crappy photos. Search for keywords RYOBI, Precision, System are often used in ad listings and...12-19-2022, 11:53 PM -
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Do you guys know your router bits?
Do you know how to tell a plunge bit from a non-plunge bit?
A non plunge bit has cutters around the periphery, but not the center. It can enter grooves from the side and cut moving sideways.
A plunge bit has cutters that go all the way to the center of the bit face. It can cut moving vertically as well as sideways.
Above see the bar across the center as well as the two edge cutters? Without this bar, when you drive the... -
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twistsol
I was in the shop this weekend and was trying to figure out the math for the settings on the Festool Domino to space the mortices evenly and centered across a cabinet front to back. After a bunch of trial and error with my math, I gave up and got close enough and cut the Domino slots for most of the cabinets before my shop time ran out. It was still bugging me, so I figured it out on the plane on the way to work.
Very simply, we need to subtract the width of all mortises created from...
Anyhow, the last couple days, I needed to clamp the ends of the greenland-style kayak paddle I was gluing up. I found that I could not get the clamp to 'hold' when I tightened it. In fact, as I turned one spindle, the other would try to turn the other way! Add to that, the spindles would immediately loosen when I let go. Now, other than having some amazing lubricant on the threads (which I don't recall using), I can't figure out how a simple tool is malfunctioning.
Anyone have any ideas?
https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/disc...,12T01G,8ZC4,1
Normally I don't like to drill or modify my tools, but handscrew clamps are a natural.
One thing I found useful is drilling some 3/8" holes in the side of the body to clamp them flat to a workbench using fence clamps without having a protruding clamp above the top surface that gets in the way of routing or sanding operations
https://www.sawdustzone.org/filedata...2&d=1614622277