I went to Harbor freight yesterday and was looking for some small clamps and
saw some labeled Hobby clamps .
I don't know if anyone else has used them before however I thought I'd give
them a try and they work prefectly for holding the gusset blocks in place. On
the outside from the gusset I cut
KRnet"
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 9:08 AM
Subject: KR> Clamps for holding gussets
>I went to Harbor freight yesterday and was looking for some small clamps
>and saw some labeled Hobby clamps .
> I don't know if anyone else has used them before however I thought I'd
Chris Johnston wrote:I was only thinking about this
the other day, someone said "be original"
so I thought why not glue the gussets onto the cross members first, then
when dry you only have one face to square up to fit the inside of the
longeron instead of two gussets and a cross member.
Chris, clamps for holding gussets really are not needed. Most will stay in
place on their own. The ones that want to slide to the floor you can hold in
place with a piece of coat hanger wire bent into a "C". As for attaching your
gussets to the cross members first. As Ron stated it would work
Just a reminder guys, Mark Jones (I think) told us some time ago about using
pieces of PVC pipe cut into very short sections with one side slit to make a
very nice, inexpensive clamp. Very handy and helpful tip.
Frank
skp...@charter.net wrote:
Chris, clamps for holding gussets really are not
The large size spring clips (for holding paperwork together) also work well
if you don't have to clamp too far in from the edge of the work.
Ed
Ed Janssen
mailto:ejans...@chipsnet.com
> Just a reminder guys, Mark Jones (I think) told us some time ago about
using pieces of PVC pipe cut into very
I'm getting ready to order an assortment of clamps for my plans that
should be arriving soon; I've tried those nice ratcheting clamps, you
know the kind with the handle you squeeze and they tighten... They seem
really cool and easy to use, but I noticed that they click into place,
and therefore whe
Bret Cummings wrote:
> I'm getting ready to order an assortment of clamps for my plans that
> should be arriving soon; I've tried those nice ratcheting clamps, you
> know the kind with the handle you squeeze and they tighten... They
> seem really cool and easy to use, but I noticed that they click
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