[MT Stringer]

You can never have too many clamps! Just sayin'! :laughing:

 

[MNsawyergp]

I don't have a picture of my clamp stash, but I know just what you mean. I have Jorgenson Pony clamps on long pipes, Jorgenson bar clamps 4' and 5', Vice Grip C-clamps in various sizes...about 16 of them, squeeze clamps, web clamps, C-clamps, and hydraulic jacks....and I still need more sometimes.

 

[frankp]

Poor man's spring clamp. take a section of 3 or 4 inch PVC, rip lengthwise along the wall (not through the entire pipe) and cut into sections wide enough to use for your project. Either adjust the width of the clamp to change pressure, or use the smaller diameter pvc. (It doesn't work well with less than 3 inch pipe unless you're dealing with very delicate stuff.)

When building my wood kayak I had something like 40 of these cut from a 6 foot section of PVC. In one of my moves along the way I've lost them all but easily replaced, and a whole lot cheaper than buying spring clamps. I think I have a picture in one of my albums showing the clamps in use.

 

[MT Stringer]

My glue up turned out well. It is two pieces of 1/2 inch Baltic birch glued up for a project I am working on.

Here is a pic of the clamps and the resulting glue up.

 

[jaydawg74]

I have a bunch of old led typesetting weights in my shop for that I use for that purpose!

 

[captainawesome]

Who needs clamps when you have scrap slabs of granite and 5 gallon buckets of water?!?! Best part... it was ALL FREE!

Plenty of glue on all faces

Granite slab on top is clamped to either side of the bottom slab