TIP - Homemade Clamps

[Jman]

Cliff Dawson, a fellow Pietenpol builder, kindly has allowed me to post some of the tips he has on his website. Here is how he made his cheap and easy clamps. You can visit his site at: http://clifdawson.ca

What are these things? They are clamps made from back plastic drain pipe. The smaller one is 3" pipe and the larger is 4" pipe. On the larger one, at the top, you can see a black line. This is were the pipe was cut across.
The handles make them easy to use one handed. I came across these years ago in Fine Woodworking magazine and now have bucketfulls of the things. You can see them in use in the Pietenpol pages. A
small, flat head nail through the plastic into the end
of the dowel holds it in place.

 

[Nozzlejocky]

 

[Topaz]