This is why I have so many clamps.
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The majority of my clamps are Jet, and they are in fact imperial (markings for the inches).Keith Z. Leonard
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Just how many clamps are enough??....
The answer is no matter how many you have.. you "always" come up "one short"!
Last count I have somewhere in the vicinity of 80 + clamps with 12 of those sitting on my larger of two assembly tables ready for a glue up. Several years ago when making a 96' long semi-round showroom counter for my former work place I had 68 clamps in action at once on two 12' sections of counter being worked on simoultaneously.
But.. even though I had around 70 clamps at that time.. I didn't have enough the proper lenght to start a third section until that glue-up came out of clamps.
You always come up short no matter... Always!Comment
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Just how many clamps are enough??....
The answer is no matter how many you have.. you "always" come up "one short"!
Last count I have somewhere in the vicinity of 80 + clamps with 12 of those sitting on my larger of two assembly tables ready for a glue up. Several years ago when making a 96' long semi-round showroom counter for my former work place I had 68 clamps in action at once on two 12' sections of counter being worked on simoultaneously.
But.. even though I had around 70 clamps at that time.. I didn't have enough the proper lenght to start a third section until that glue-up came out of clamps.
You always come up short no matter... Always!
Good thing you don't do large curved glue lams, like handrails and stringers for staircase work. You'd need in excess of over 100 handscrew Jorgies and likewise for bar and pipe clamps.
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He had told me in advance about clamps so my company purchased an additional 12 Cabinetmasters for me along with a Bosch barrel grip jig-saw. They were some other things they purchased also and I came out very well from that angle and worked from my home shop. I suppose they came out well also as the lowest professional quote was $48,000 and they got it done for around $18,000 with materials.. tools and my pay.
Win-win for me and them but no way I would be personally interested in doing it every day as I am content butchering away on simple carcasses.Comment
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