Hand Screw Kit, Part 9 of 9 ( Attaching the Rods & Handles )

Boys and Girls,
I know many woodworkers have these Hand Screw clamps in their arsenal and I also believe that many have relegated them to a corned with the spiders.
After watching this video by Taylor Toolworks,
• First improvements eve...
I could see benefits in resurrecting my use of these clamps, so I bought a pair of the 6", 8" and 12" clamps (10" were out of stock). They are back in stock at Taylor Toolworks,
taytools.com/p...
They can also be purchased from Lee Valley,
www.leevalley....
Note that for all you lazy buggers, they can be purchased already assembled, but without the "revolutionary" modifications that these series of videos are about.
As always, my files can be downloaded from my cloud storage at,
u.pcloud.link/...
Please note that the Sketchup model I've uploaded to the 3D Warehouse comes in two parts as the model was too big to include the kit's breakdown.
The instructions that come with the kits give you non-scaled measurements. MY files include scaled measurements that can be used as a 1:1 layout template (or the templates laser cut out of 3mm MDF as I have).

[@user-pc8tb7hg1lHandlesRDumb]

Wow, those look great. Id have just drilled some holes found a few bolts and called it good 😂

[@alexkara9696]

Thanks for taking the time to look... did you perform surgery on an existing proprietry hand-screw... or make your own using threaded rods? The beauty of the kits are that you can customise before assembly and the presence of the left hand threads is a treat.
Hand screws are a pain at first but use them a few times and you wonder how you lasted without them. After buying my original about 15 years ago, I tried them and though what an awkward bucket of shit and just used them to support my timber rack. After making these, I had to justify using them and after a few cusses, they became quite intuitive and now I love em.