Are Wooden Hand Screw Clamps Worth Anything
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ก.ค. 2019
- The humble wooden Hand Screw Clamp is not just a screw clamp from the past but an extremely useful tool for the shop of today. not only for holding work while gluing but also for holding small pieces at the power tools and for detail work at the shop bench.
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1:03 I must be the exception! LOL
While I find the artistic videos relaxing to watch and admire, the talking videos are where I actually learn how to do stuff! 😉
Keep up the great work!
thanks Drew. it is about 40/60 from what I can tell. but youtube likes them if i split them up.
Me too
Jorgensen clamps are sone of my favorite clamps...use them all the time
A person are never to old to learn
RONALD
Always good to discuss common tools - can always learn something new or even remember to use them more! Thanks
right on!
Totally agree. I love hand screws. Have used them for 40 years.
I laid a screw clamp flat on a bench and clamped a hatchet in it to use as a kindling splitter.
I never had a use for these till I was building Adirondack chairs and needed extra hands. I could use them to hold one side vertical during assembly. Loved them ever since! Love the idea of using them to hold small parts and them mounting them in a vice!
Thanks for the video James. I now have some new uses for my wooden clamps. Especially like the bandsaw tip. 👍
thansk! my pleasure!
hello friends, i started using them when i was trying to do a very difficult geometric sculpture in wood and thus i discovered this very useful tool. very soon i understood the right way to use it and it's incredible. i'm a Carpenter and graphic designer from mexico city.
Wow, I was already subscribed! I'm a tenderfoot to woodworking and I started thinking about cutting small pieces Again. Those small clamps especially solve the problem, but not before I dragged out pencil and paper to design something on my own. Once I saw what I had drawn, I thought HEY maybe somebody makes something like That! Lol I saw a picture of one a long time ago before I got into woodworking. Thank you so much for the video.
Nice. Sounds like you're having a fun time.
Makes working on small parts easy for sure. I used mine carving a saddle for a guitar.
Helpful as ever. Always good to learn about tools and some useful ways to use them. Thanks and best wishes
thanks Mark My Pleasure
Good discussion and very informative. This is the best type of video so please keep them coming.
Thanks David will do.
I do really apreciate the effort you put into your Wood By Wright 2 chanel! And also into your comment section by responding to questions and such. Just lovely!
And as for the clamps, I've actualy never seen them, maybe they're not as common in europe as in the us?
thanks. that means a lot. from what I have been told they are a lot more expensive over there
Great info on these clamps.
thanks Allen
The tip on the using the clamp with router and band saw is FRAK'N GOLD and should be all over the place on youtube. Never seen that one before on 200 plus videos since I started researching stuff on woodworking etc.
LOL and you hear it on the hand tool channel. what are the odds! but it is a great way to save fingers!
I use mine at the drill press too.
They are also great for holding things when you need to carve or run a chisel close to your clamp. I'd much rather slip and run a gouge or plane into one of these than a steel "F" clamp.
So true!
yes and they are much lighter to handle aswell, I enjoy my pair of wooden screw clamps, made with wood threads and all, in cherry. When I find more wood I will make a few more for sure;-)
Not a direct replacement for the steel ones though, they both have their uses.
Very good, brings back memories of my father's and grandfather's old wooden clamps.
lots of great memories for me too.
Man, what a great and wonderful video. Full of practical knowledge and wisdom.
I just love it. Liked & subscribed.
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Great tutorial! Thanks for sharing this information.
Thanks John My pleasure.
got 2 from my grandfather and they've quickly becoming my favorite clamps!
they are fun!
Thank you very much for your kind and easy explanation.
I have about 30 of the wooden clamps that have been past down to me through my family I am a 3rd generation pro woodworker. The wood clamps are superior for clamping to machines as they never vibrate loose. I glue up with them all the time every day and will be passed down to my grandson some day.
RIGHT ON!! love that!
Tool makers, at least in the shops I've worked in, call these parallel clamps. Very nice video.
yup that is a common name. especolyy in metal shops.
Helpful information for we newbies, who wouldn't have thought of multiple ways to employ the hand clamps for holding things. Good suggestions/examples.
thanks! that means a lot!
Thanks for sharing that
My pleasure!
Thank you for a very educational. I’ve seen these screw clamps, but I did not know how to use them. Using a screw clamp to hold small pieces of a band saw or router table is much better than using a pair of pliers. Great video and will buy a few for my shop!
sweet. Have fun. they can be addictive!
Really useful video ! I wish that you had made it 55 years ago, when I DID break one of my father's wooden screw clamps through lack of knowledge ! The thing that I like about them is that they are so light as compared to metal ones. If you're constructing something that requires a clamp to be up in the air, a lightweight wooden one will do the job, whereas a metal one will just be too heavy. Of course, that is before plastic came along - but plastic belongs in shops where they have a motorised machine to do every job - not really us ! And that Dad joke was terrible ! Almost as bad as "My mother used to be a witch, but only did it for a spell !".
thanks Phil sounds like a great memories. Like that joke!
You always come up with a video on a subject when I need to know something about something (cardscraper, spokeshave). It's magic! I just bought three of those clamps because, well....
I like reading minds!
I use mine mostly at the drill press. I like it better than my more expensive drill press vice. Most sketchy bandsaw cuts become safer with a wood screw clamp too
And when paired with an f clamp it's a good improvised bench vice
I don't have a good drill press. I have one of those crappy bench top ones. I do have a heavy duty milling and drilling machine though (An RF-32). Which I use for drilling a lot. I have a lot of vises for it too. Including a milling vise that I almost never take off the table. Indicating it is a pain in the ass. Sometimes I'll put a board in its jaws and use it like a drill press table. Then I'll use a drill vise on that. That's kind of like Viceception isn't it?
Right on. they can be used for all kinds of power tools!
Use them for small pieces on the drill press, works very well and keeps my hands safe. Never tried in on the router table, will try that soon. Oh love the dad jokes. Keep em coming haha
right on. thanks!
two 12" and two 6", I use them as you suggest for band saw work and also for holding wood panels on edge. A very useful clamp
So true. And lots of fun to mess around with lol
Great topic James. I keep a hand screw clamp at my drill press for holding small pieces that I’m drilling holes in. It’s much safer than trying to hold the piece. Keeping the clamp there helps remind me to use the clamp and I don’t have to go over to my clamp storage to get one. I also keep one at the router table for a lot of different uses there.
So true. So many great uses.
Thanks
Thank you for this explanation & tips. I've never owned one, but I've known about them for many many years. I've always seen them in antique stores and flea markets. Always thought they were neat, but not that useful since they don't open up that wide like todays clamps do. You just proved me wrong big time. Next time I find some and they're a good price, I'm getting some.
I also use them for small things at the drill press.
You can clamp them to a post an drill a screw or hook into the wooden jaw, to hang something on a short term basis.
BTW you can even buy them new at Harbor Freight, the quality is great.
Right on. I have a few of them from harbor freight as well.
New from Lee Valley too, or the kit. At least in my area you won't find any old or used ones available for more than a minute. First guy who spots them buys them.
I don’t have enough of these.
Clamps are my best friend. Wow could I use them for holding the saw clamp so that I can sharpen the saw blade? good to use on the band saw I like that idea and small projects Thanks.
i haven't got one but i plane on making one. very useful clamp to have
thanks man! they are so much fun!
In machine shops (metalworking) we called those parallel clamps. Which is the best name for them because the jaws should be parallel when you're clamping something.
What ever name you call them, that are great.
right on!
Just a note - one good thing about them is they -don't- have to be parallel! If you are working on some slightly wedge shaped item you want to clamp along the edge (Say a tapering leg you want to do something on the end of) you can grip it with them where you maybe couldn't on a stiff vice as well without messing around.
These are great for gluing panels. After applying the normal clamps across the boards, I place one of there clamps at each glue joint (one on each end). This keeps the panels aligned as I apply the pressure with the other clamps. And no, the glue doesn't hold to the clamp because I soaked mine overnight in BLO years ago.
Nice! that is a great idea!
Got the hardware kits from lee Valley Tools. Good way to use off cuts, build clamps.
right on!
I have two pair of wood clamps. A big pair and a little pair. They can be handy. They're not my favorite clamp though. I like the all metal variety of wood clamps. I have more of those than the wooden ones.
I have been using these for several decades. In high school (MANY decades ago) they were called either parallel or handscrew clamps so that's what I have always called them.
I recently needed a couple more, & got them from Harbor Freight. I get a lot of my other clamps there as well.
I imagine that these have been used for so long that they greatly pre-date any corporate names used to describe them!
so true. they have A LOT of local names in europ!
You should do a video on making these clamps I've seen a few and they are very interesting One person also turned his own wooden screws
that is on the list. hopefully soon!
Thanks, James. I use a pair of them together as a pseudo-Moxon vice. Just clamp the screw clamps to your benchtop so the jaw openings face each other. Aloha from Hawaii.
that is a cool idea!
Yes. Wish I had thought of it.
@@WoodByWright
I used one of my hand screw clamps recently to sharpen a router plane iron.
that is an interesting idea!
hi, I don't watch your other channel but I do want to know about tools, so I think these subjects should be kept on this channel.
well soon all the tool videos will be moved over there. unfortunately due to the TH-cam algorithm that is just the way is has to be done now. soon the other channel will be what this channel was. so I expect there will be a lot of people that will dump this channel and just watch Wood By Wright 2. and that is a good thing.
One feature you didn’t mention is using them to clamp odd shaped items. You can clamp tapered items by angling the jaws. When I repair plane totes I use them with one jaw parallel to the base of the tote and the other jaw parallel to the top of the tote.
Very true.
Clamp it tight. Then bore a hole between the two pieces. Use that as a dowel clamp for end drilling. Or notch the two sides for clamping small square pieces. Cheaper than buying a drill vice.
now that is a great idea!
Poor mans soft jaw vise when too chewed up remove the inside of the ends laminate new insides and start again
I have used them to hold a door on edge when I needed to trim them before installation.
that is a great idea!
In the U.K. they are quite expensive, often around £30 each. You can buy the cheap ones with a very thin spindly bar for the thread but they are not very good at all.
Another great video, thank you.
wow. you can get them new delivered to your door for $20 here.
Wood By Wright It’s amazing what the price differences are between here, The States and Australia. I can’t think of anything off hand but I know sometimes it’s the other way round, things are significantly cheaper here, in Australia it seems everything is always expensive.
Hi Guys, rarely is anything cheaper than its equivalent in USA or UK. I’d be concerned about the quality therefore. To guarantee a good build quality why not make them yourselves. At lease you would then say 30 Pounds would be good value for money.
My experience of the UK is that everything is ridiculously expensive. Just to balance the argument.
I use a wooden clamp to gently compress disk brake caliper pucks.
Works like a charm
That is a good one!
I have a few of them, use them for just one thing, working on the edge of a plank ,I put a couple of these with the plank on the screws to make a base to hold it upright.
nice idea!
Thank you for the information. I have one and always have my eyes open for others. How on earth do you store them? They won't go in a drawer and I'm running out of wall space.
I clamp them on the joists over head.
Great for holding pieces on drill press. Usually you need to one to hold the clamp and one to hold the the piece. But always great even if you only have one. Great to use as a stop on miter saw extensions as a stop block or table saw miter gauze as a clamp or stop block. us two on a router table fence as a start and stop blocks. also great to clamp finger pressure board on table saw to keep the pieces tight to fence during ripping.
Nice. Love all the uses!
I'm literally using one right now as I see this
nice!
Incredible content, I don’t own any yet, but I will!
sweet!
I have gotten a few of them at Rockler on sale for $5.99-8.99 depending on the size.
nice! I will have to keep an eye on that!
ya they are extremely useful , i have come with v notches cut in them for holding round stock , another with a round taper notch with leather on the notch taper (pipe making ) , use others as a drill press table vice for small parts , router table as well , third hand when putting a cabinet together,
right on. I have one pair I cut that notch into for just that reason.
I love wood hand screw clamps. Much cheaper stateside...cheers..rr(great video theme again James!) Normandy
thanks Richard. true I ahve not checked the price in EU
Hi James. I like screw clamps for the very reasons you mention. However, they are not easy or inexpensive to come by here in England. Once I have cleared my current projects I would like to make my own. Is that a project you would consider for your channel?
that is on my list. and I might have to do that in the next month or two.
I use the more contemporary ones with dual screws, but I find the older ones with unthreaded back screw too frustrating to be of use in my shop. I understand the principle behind them, but only end up with pressure at the tip.
What if you need to hold something round? Like a wooden egg, would you cut a radius in the clamps?
Would just clamping it hold strong enough to drill with a Forstner on the drill press?
You can either round out the inside of the jaws or most people end up putting a bit of leather on either jaw and those will hold it very nicely.
I have a pair of these (big ones) but then I never think about using them - maybe now I will remember:
don't have too much fun!
I am making some of these this weekend. More and more of my power tools are slowly being replaced with hand tools, I just need to stop buying old hammers on braces.....wait that's never going to happen.
LOL I know that feelign!
I have 3 different sizes and they are handy to have..
so ture!
Yes they are in fact really valuable.
right on!
I love all of mine. I have way to many too.
LOL yup. they tend to multiply!
Really surprised you didn't pull out a big honkin' shiprights wooden screw clamp.
How do you maintain/restore wooden screws? Do you need to oil them? Yesterday my grandfather gave me a plow plane that belonged to his great grandfather and it has wooden screws that don't seem to be in the best condition. They do work but they're chipped in a few places and they seem really dry. I really want to restore the plane to it's former glory and I'm confident I can except for those screws since I have no experience with them.
Boiled Linseed Oil. Let it soak in re apply every 6 months to a year.
@@WoodByWright thank you!
Dear James, would you be so kind as to have a close look at the threads on the hand clamps and tell me what they are? I don’t have one to check but I think that some parts of the thread rods are left hand and others right hand. Thanks.
corect. one side is left handed and one side is right handed. That is why the wooden ones are slightly different. those are all right handed
Dear James, so that simplifies my construction of a wooden one. Years ago I bought a thread cutting tool but have never put it to use. I have been looking for an excuse to use it and a couple of the clamps made entirely of wood would be the bees knees. Cheers.
If you place your workpiece between the short ends of the jaws, the amount of force you are able to apply is just INSANE. Also, hand screws make pretty decent door bucks, in a pinch.
so true. leverage is an amazing thing!
Or even keepers for your quidditch match?
The truth is that i was wondering if the are useful and they are pretty handy , they are going to be on a future list !!!!!!!!!!!!
nice!
I got 4 of the big ones for $20. The harbor freight ones aren’t too bad either
Nice!
I have a tiny metal one of these clamps (or clomps as they may be called by some people......... on a tital screen........ like James Wright...... on a wooden clomp making video) that's about 2" long. I don't think I've ever used it on a project but I'm still going to where it out because it's like a fidget spinner for me!!!
oh that is cute!
@@WoodByWright but are they clamps or clomps?
I love the dad joke!
thanks! those are always fun!
I've always called them Caul clamps. But I have heard many of the other names that you mentioned. I recently bought a plastic tote full of them at a garage sale. 27 clamps in 4 sizes for $80. That's about $3 each. And got a free plastic tote.
OH NICE!! now I am jealous!
@@WoodByWright And I scored a perfectly good 1930's Stanley #7 for another $20 from the same garage sale. No idea what I'm gonna do with that battleship of a plane, but for $20... Why not. LOL
Make a wooden hand screw clamp maybe? Would love to see it.
That one has been on my list for a long time. I might have to bump it up.
Have you bought any new ones? I've been planning to buy a Jorgenson and HF for comparison's sake.
I have a couple from Harbor freight. they work well but I find the handles to be a bit on the small size. the ones linked below are my favorite of the new ones. Rockler also has a good set.
I have bought several from Rockler. I wait until they are on sale. They are the best (and only) handscrew clamps I own.
Screw clamps are greatly overlooked
So true.
Hey! It doesn't look like you have a link to your other channel in the description or in the About section on your page.
thanks! I need to change that. th-cam.com/video/nsRAIwnhAwE/w-d-xo.html
just caught this video the wooden screws are so strong . because of the acme thred design.
Thanks. The wooden threads are not acme threads. They have a 60° pitch.
I have one little baby wooden clamp... need to find more
I have two 10" wood clamps and two 6"s. That's enough for me. Though 4 clamps of a type can be handy to have often too.
Got to collect them all. Lol that is my problem.
I loosely call them Fester clamps Homage to Adams Family LOL ;-)
LOL nice!
Anyone have an idea as to source for the handles, , , I’m not a turner, but need nice wooden handles?
no reason to turn them. you can make them octagonal and that gives you more grip. I will be doing a video soon on making them.
I use them for door stops.
LOL nice!
But so is the practical purpose for them the parallel action whilst also being cost efficient?
it is a combination of that and a higher pressure then you can get on an F or C clamp as there is more leverage on the back screw.
Do you apply finish to your clamps? If I were to guess, I suspect that you use boiled linseed oil.
you got it. a few coats of that and glue does not stick!
You missed a typo in the intro screen: "Clomp"
We have a lot of fun with that title card. Every single week there is either a joke or a purposeful misspelling or something else that we have a good bit of fun with.
I've got like 5 packs of the hardware for these where you cut the wood and drill the holes but idk think I'm a little slow cause I couldn't figure out how to get everything done right and it didn't work, but haven't given up on it yet
It is on my list to make some day. we will see.
@@WoodByWright I can mail you a pack of you want, that way all you would need is wood
If you want to see them in a video i would gladly do it. if you pay for shipping I will send you back the finished clamp.
@@WoodByWright po on the site?
@@drawlele ya that is best.
0:20 I only use wooden screw clomps
Btw, I prefer the James Wright original dad jokes. They're very strange, sometimes bordering on psychedelic.
Right on. got to be a bit twisted here!
Can they be taken apart, have V-groove cut on both jaw faces, and then put back together?
Sure nothing stops you from unscrewing them.
Great info video (as usual). Did you know that if you final tighten one knob over the other, the amount of tightening torque that is applied is more than twice as much torque? if you want to know more about that you should watch my OTB Vise videos from March 2019 where I explain that. Also, I made a easy mount bracket to allow turning the hand screw clamp into a bench vise that turns 360 degrees for full access to the part. It mounts into any bench dog hole in seconds and the bracket is removable in seconds. Your opinion of my OTB vise would be appreciated and I think it would be worth the time to check out. Just do a search on "OTB vise" to find videos.
Nice Russ. that is a sweet video!
Thanks James, I like using my bracket in a dog hole instead of the vise to hold it vertically. the ability to turn the part being held in any direction is very handy when shaping (especially) small parts. So, did you know that one knob tightens the clamp much more than the other? I am working on jaw attachments that might make holding odd parts better.
Clomps!!!
yup. I wear them every day!
grazie ciaooo
Book ?
No. TH-cam video. Sorry I had to lol
I frequent flea markets and I can't tell you how many times people pass these up. Don't pass them up. I use a pair like the big ones in this video for my nose when I snore.
LOL I need to try that!
The most versatile clamps I own. I greatly prefer what you call WbW 2 gotta bitch about 5 minutes of commercials for completely unrelated products on 7 minutes of content though.
Thanks. I am looking forward tot he full swich over to 2. Sorry I wish I could do something about the adds. there is a reason I get youtube premium. never see an ad again and help out other creators more.