Little Item That May Help Someone

[Scrappile]

I am gluing up a detailed fret piece that has sections the need to be glued together.  I was wondering how I was going to clamp the pieces, I did not have any real small clamps.  Then I thought of something.  Wood clothes pins.  I ground the ends down on my disc sander so they would fit in the small spaces and it has worked great.  Here is a picture of one clamped section.  I stood up one of the "clamps" so you can see how I sanded it.  It only took a few minutes to sand the ends of 10 on the disc sander.  I don't know what my wife will say when she discovers some of her clothes pins are gone.... She rarely uses them anyway.

 

[dgman]

Very clever Paul!

[Rob]

Necessity is the mother of invention and that is a great idea.  Looks like it's going to be a stunning piece too.  Looking forward to seeing it in due course.

Rob

[Karl S]

Cool beans, great way to solve a problem.

[new2woodwrk]

Ingenious!

Thanks for solving a problem I'm sure I'm going to have soon!

 

[OCtoolguy]

1 hour ago, Scrappile said:

I am gluing up a detailed fret piece that has sections the need to be glued together.  I was wondering how I was going to clamp the pieces, I did not have any real small clamps.  Then I thought of something.  Wood clothes pins.  I ground the ends down on my disc sander so they would fit in the small spaces and it has worked great.  Here is a picture of one clamped section.  I stood up one of the "clamps" so you can see how I sanded it.  It only took a few minutes to sand the ends of 10 on the disc sander.  I don't know what my wife will say when she discovers some of her clothes pins are gone.... She rarely uses them anyway.

 

Paul, you do some very nice work. I can only hope to ever get that good. So far, I can't seem to make a sharp turn to save my soul.

Ray

 

[OCtoolguy]

32 minutes ago, Karl S said:

Cool beans, great way to solve a problem.

Kool beans? I thought I was the only person still saying that.

Ray

 

[rjweb]

Does your head hurt, that is a great idea, RJ 

[Rockytime]

Great idea. I don't think I've seen wood clothespins here forever. Have to shopping.

[jollyred]

Cool.  I have some of those in my shop for clamping small pieces, but hadn't thought of shaping the ends.  Will have to keep that in mind.

[hippygirl]

4 hours ago, octoolguy said:

Kool beans? I thought I was the only person still saying that.

Ray

 

Nope...I say it all the time as well (I have NO recollection of where I got it from, though!).

[lawson56]

Now what a Awesome IdeaThank You.

[Scrolling Steve]

That's thinking outside the clothes basket !.....Great idea !

[lew]

Great idea! I have the need to glue on broken fret pieces quite often!....BUT....that piece you're working on....that's simply beautiful! I have got to see a pic of that when you're completed!!!

[rdatelle]

Great idea Paul. I'll have to try that.

[Clayton717]

great idea. looks like it worked well

[OCtoolguy]

Another idea is "baggie" clips. We have a bunch of them made of wire that is dipped in rubber. They come in handy for many things.

Ray

 

[SCROLLSAW703]

great idea scrappile! Man! that piece you're cuttin' looks awesome! Can't wait to see it finished! I keep clothes pins around the shop, but really never thought about shapin'em to fit like that. Thanks for passin' on the idea!

[wombatie]

Cool idea.  Thanks for the tip Paul.

Marg

[blights69]

Great idea Paul and one I will be using so many times I have wedge this here and weighted that there to try and keep it together while it sets and all the time the answer was hanging on my line looking at me laughing  The simple answers are always the best and the good thing too is they are free i can see lots right now just do not tell her indoors I will blame the mag pies

Edited April 23, 2018 by blights69

[hineps]

I also use clothes pins when clamping the liners into a dulcimer. I increased the clamping pressure by winding a rubber band around the end of the clothes pin. Give it that little extra squeeze.

 

Phil

[Woodmaster1]

Thanks for sharing, I am sure everyone will put the new style clamps to use and the price will up when Rockler, Woodcraft or Lee Valley patent the Idea.

[Frank Pellow]

Great Tip!  I'm going to go and make myself some right now.

[Frank Pellow]

On ‎2018‎-‎04‎-‎21 at 9:13 PM, Rockytime said:

Great idea. I don't think I've seen wood clothespins here forever. Have to shopping.

You can get good ones here: http://www.leevalley.com/en/garden/page.aspx?p=63682&cat=2,42194,67373

I can claim they are good because I have them.  The ones you purchase at a "dollar" store are junk.

 

[Scrappile]

34 minutes ago, Frank Pellow said:

You can get good ones here: http://www.leevalley.com/en/garden/page.aspx?p=63682&cat=2,42194,67373

I can claim they are good because I have them.  The ones you purchase at a "dollar" store are junk.

 

Yes the ones I used, don't know where the wife got them, are junk.  Very soft wood and kept coming apart.  I was able to get the job done with them, but I will get some better ones for the future.