How to Make the Ultimate Wooden Clamp - Woodworking
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If you make these, you'll never go back to using metal clamps again. I know I haven't. The difference is weight - these are half as heavy as the typical metal clamp, but are still capable of more than enough force for all of my woodworking tasks.
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If you make these, you'll never go back to using metal clamps again. I know I haven't. The difference is weight - these are half as heavy as the typical metal clamp, but are still capable of more than enough force for all of my woodworking tasks.
Bought the plans, Thanks. I see the metal shim in the materials list but not in the build pages, did I miss where it goes?
czcams.com/video/8XxmRCrcOXo/video.html check out that box at the 3min mark of his video. I thought you would appreciate it.
Ya, these are awesome clamps. I've seen (I think) all of the versions leading up to this current one. According to this video you have the build process down to a science. It's super satisfying to watch. Especially with the editing. Thanks for all the hard work you put in and for sharing it with us. Ordering plans now!
John not only is it nice to see you execute this like a master cabinet maker, but it’s also nice to see how well the shop is set up and how well it works for you
Love Jigs... Accuracy, Repeatable, Time saving
Great editing pace.
Fantastic work, John! 😃
They really look great! I'm going to try to make some!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
John. Just bought the plans for the clamps. Love it. The detail you put in the plans are great. Can't wait to get my back side to the hardware store to get the things I don't have. Thank you sir.
Great video John, I love all your shop made tools!
I bought the previous plans over a year ago, printed them off and haven't gotten around to making them yet! Well designed clamps and great to use up scraps
They look great especially with the spalted maple.
Yeah, maybe "not especially spalted," but enough to look boss AF.
Your wooden clamps looks perfect, I like it very much. I tried making the same before but I failed maybe in the future when I already have tools to make it right. thanks for the inspiration!
By the time I get around to building these you'll probably come up with something slightly better lol
I'm keeping any future improvement for myself from now on, so you are safe to build these :)
@@JohnHeisz
I bought the new plan, but think for my use the parallel clamps are better due to the jaws. They really work well to square up your work..as well as the 10 pound Besseys.
@@JohnHeisz least share it with Patreon or someplace, you CAN'T keep genius all bottled up, your head will hurt.
Thanks for showing so many cuts John
Very cool video! It shows that you took your time and made high quality content! I like the structure your channel is taking👍
Hi John
Made these clamps from your build instruction/ plans. Really fun project, nice to build them out of wood and they work. Enjoy your channel and content.
Certainly are the prettiest clamps I've ever seen. Best aye!
Amazing video fantastic looking clamps
John, they look amazing. I'll be getting my plans once I get home from this trip and then, I need to get busy building clamps!
Great tutorial!
Can't wait to build these 👍
I don't know if I've ever seen your shop this clean before!!
I will be getting the plan for these. Great job my friend!
I just finished making these clamps and they are awesome, I posted a picture of them on your FB page.
The weight issue is a hell of a good point, a forehead slapper really
Man, your shop and your videos have come a long, long way. Congratulations.
holy God John!, i love your work all heart!... you are very very PRO! god bless you for share you knowledg
sry for english (hugs from brazil)
Amazing! Thanks for sharing!
Shop looks great John! Great video!!
I really like these. Funny I was about to buy a bunch more clamps too, so now maybe I'll make them instead.
woodworking master.to a great finished product
Great job John.👍👍
Nice! Thanks for sharing!🙌
Wow John, these are gorgeous ❤
Very Cool John thanks for posting.
Brilliant & Beautiful! ☝🏼😯
Just bought a set of plans. Thanks John!
John, I couldn't find this video in the Clamps playlist. I really like the reduction in weight for these clamps.
John just keep making great clamps and other stuff 👍
Thumbs up and thanks for posting!
Очень понравилось. Буду делать. Спасибо!
Thanks for sharing.
Great design as always. I could really use about 20 of these. If the bank approves my loan I will go to Menards and get the materials.
I built 28 of your parallel clamps about a year ago that are used daily by 3 people in a production environment. Also have 24 bessy parallel clamps that are over 30 years old.
Your clamps always leave the rack first.......lightweight, similar clamping strength and easier to turn. The tap to release isn't a big deal, and quickly learned.
LVL beam scraps make excellent bars, stiff and durable.
Ed, I'd never thought about LVL for a plethora of bars. Thanks!
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Really works well, and fairly easy to get plenty around home sites. By far the bulk of the wood needed to build these clamps.
Not heavy either. Mine are poplar or fir.
I was scratching my chin thinking, 'but I quite like my single handed metal and plastic clamps why would I want to make bulkier wooden ones' Then you mentioned weight of a large glue up... and I had a flashback of a recent project that looked like an oil rig crossed with a outlaw base camp from mad max or something that weighed half a hundred weight due to the metal clamps
Thanks John, just bought the plans!
Thank you John, just bought the plans :) will probably build both a hardwood and a birch plywood version 👍
Great job
Considering what clamps cost these days, making your clamps is a no brainer John! 👍😉
Hello, thanks for all your video. I like your video because you are using afortable tool (or many DIY), you are not using only festool like other channel. Thanks for all.
I made a set from the previous design and I will make these ones too. I may have to make that mini table saw sled first tho!
Parabéns pelo seu trabalho 🇧🇷👏👍👊🤝🇧🇷💯
Exclusive build, just bought the plans, should save a fortune as we well as being lighter! 👍
Very good vidio
Too useful for wood jobs working
Awesome multi-cam footage
Nice clamps John!
This video was so damn relaxing and satisfying to watch. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for the plug for youtube's best woodworkers will grab the names from transcript :) and bookmark them for future use. Never know what one can learn!
Fixed, you tube has strange ways of setting things up, grab those names and book mark them for review (not everyone will like everything, so do your own research).
amazing! 🙂
Thank you John! As I sad before in a comment, I could not wait for this plans. I have bought them and downloaded them. I dont know I ever build them, I got plenty of clamp, but I like, or love your videos and I want to support your work, so I bye them. Thanks again for your work.
John, I love the video and the new/modified clamp design. I made one from the last design and people are intrigued with it because of the novelty I guess. I just like using it for the fun of it because I already have enough clamps. I'm thinking of making another with a 2X4 beam about 4 feet long and hang it from the ceiling. I think it will be a real eye catcher! Thanks for your videos and plans please keep it up.
"I already have enough clamps."
I don't believe you. Everyone knows that the formula for the correct number of clamps = [number of clamps you own] +1. Unless you are building boats or musical instruments, in which case it is + 10. At the very least.
Nice design, John. I’m in for a set. Scott
thanks
Hi John. I always have a problem with the wooden springs. Always seams to soft, to hard or brittle. found 18mm x 1mm thick bamboo sucker or ice lolly sticks from local super market works well. Jury still out on durability over time.
Concerning the wooden leaf spring, my clamp that I made works okay but the spring spring doesn't do anything. I think that I followed the plan completely but it seems to be wrong. Did you have any issues? Thanks
Those look great and I just happen to have access to the residue from machine cut furniture ply after the pieces are removed so I'll be buying plans for sure.
Nice!
And for a tight clamp, they have that bit of flex in them.
Karya yg luar biasa bro
After purchasing the plans and building a couple of these, I'm thinking of trying to make one without the spring... It almost feels like it's unneeded. Love the clamps though. Brilliant design!
Yes, the clamps work without a spring. I also threaded the wood for the lead screw, and it works very well for me. You are a great designer! Love your work.
John, Im looking at building some large/long clamps for larger furniture builds, and like you said I like the weight reduction of making them out of wood. You've made lots of different clamps over the years. Which do you think is the best of your designs for a parallel type clamp replacement?
Best clamps ever!
Mi hermano , dice que si lo hay comercial , no compensa hacerlo a mano , a no ser que te aburras mucho y no tengas nada que hacer , gracias por compartir tanta creatividad , un saludo cordial y por supuesto un gran like desde Narón , Galicia ( España) 🤓 😜
I came from the no clamp rant to support. I gotta get some threaded rod and inserts.. these are sweet. I don't need them, but after watching this, I want some just to flex.
By the time I get to making all the tools I like and need I'll possibly be too old to use them!!
John, These new clamps are obviously the result of MANY years of experimenting, and long term testing of the earlier versions. Thanks for sharing the build and the plans with us!
Only thing left for them is the MATTHIAS test. Which I’m sure you are up for, right?
👌👍Благодарю!!!
I copied you but use a 1/2 inch square hole drill bit to cut out the slots in the jaws so they'll slide over the bar, less gluing and brad nailing or pin nailing, made one slot slightly wider and cut up an old piece of belt sander paper and glued it inside the bottom jaw slot
Hi John thank for your vidéo and your nice clamps.
I have a question about the lifespan of these clamps. Won't the glass paper prematurely wear out the body of the clamp?
nice.
You should be selling these John, I know I will buy at least 6 or maybe 12 if offered in a couple of sizes (8&12") commonly used 90% of the time. I know it may sound not worth your time etc., but there are many DIY'ers and other makers who would rather spend the time on other projects than make tools and jigs that are very useful but cost-effective to buy
cool
I love this video and I plan to make these. I'm wondering if there's any reason I can't make the bar much longer like 36" or 48"?
تسلم ايديك تحية من الجزائر ممكن سؤال اخي ماهو الزيت الذي تستعمله في الخشب لتلميعه هكذا وهل استطيع ان اصنعه بنفسي في المنزل
Hi John,
what a nice set of clamps!
The shop and the workbench are neat and look great too.
I love your videos, greetings.
Semoga sehat selalu mr jhon..👍
Cool Idea John!!! Thank You!!!! 👍😎
Question: Does It Matter, Which Sign Up Link Is Used For Makers Mob, On The Plans You Can See?
Hi John Great work on the clamps, I'm planning to download one of your plans and build a bunch of them as a fun and useful project. Can you confirm that the "Ultimate Clamps" would be the latest and greatest of your designs? or which one would you recommend in terms of best performance. I also like the wedge style, I'm not concerned about an extra couple steps in making them or an extra second to disengage the wedge if there's benefit in building those ones
Thanks!
Rob
John we miss you brother man!
John, you are the man.
Which table saw blade is your favorite, John? For work (windows and doors), we use the Diablo combination blade, and they have been worth the money. Great build, fist bumps from Canada
Not sure my opinion matters but I bought a cheap Delta chop saw for $30 off of Craiglist years ago. Went and spent more on a Diablo blade than I did the saw and I've never regretted it.
Uhhh, John goes all Frank Howarth with stop motion animation... 😱😱😱😂
The big question I'm left with is... how do you adjust these? I'm guessing it's that thin springy bit that you glued up like five at a time? But it doesn't look like that bit actually sticks out at all... So I'm left wondering how to do you move the... moveable part?
Quick question. How big of a rod of all-thread did you need to make that many clamps?
I'm interested in the large shop tools
Clamps look great. I need to build some of them. Keep up the great work John. Bought the plans
Is beter for sliding base use plywood or hardwood, what thicknes and how much long can it be? Tnx
I look forward to making this clamp. Can it be upsized to 2 or3 feet?
I've seen builds for various shop tools do you know where they can be had
Two things you can not have enough of, clamps and room.
John, i have little to no hardwood. but loads of Poplar and pine boards. Can i make any of your clamps out of these?
Thanks, John!! This may be a silly question with a silly answer, but I just can’t seem to get past it. These clamps being wooden run a much higher risk of you actually gluing your clamp to the workpiece if you’re a bit sloppy w/ the glue-up. The obvious answer would be to not be sloppy, of course, but I’m wondering if you’ve ever experienced this situation?
Put a little wax on your clamps
@@AJ-ln4sm Also, the 2 coats of poly probably helps.
Can you make these any length? I was tempted to spend WAY too much on 60" long clamps.. these seem like they may be a bit less than the $50 or so in price each of those clamps run.