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Step 27Instant C-Clamp Substitute

Instant C-Clamp Substitute
Inspired by some Norse clamps I saw in a museum exhibit somewhere,

This particular clamp is made from 2x4 scrap lumber.
If you need to clamp really hard use more turns of rope around the end.

Make it any size, use sticks and string sized to match your job.
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Oct 1, 2008. 5:12 PMdanasmana says:
if you made these out of nicer wood and cut them like real nose clips they would make cool/funny decorations

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Tim Anderson is the author of the "Heirloom Technology" column in Make Magazine. He is co-founder of www.zcorp.com, manufacturers of "3D Printer" output devices. His detailed drawings of traditional ...
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