Easier Homemade Bar Clamps
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These clamps are an easier and cheaper to make version of steel clamps I made a while ago. While not being quite as heavy duty as the steel clamps they still have plenty of clamping pressure for any glue up and they should still last for years.
I've made plans for these clamps as that got requested a lot, for the original clamps. The plans took a lot of work to put together as I've not made plans before, other than quick and dirty sketches for my own use. Unfortunately I didn’t make plans for the original steel clamps but I think these plans could be of help if you wanted to make those ones.
The other thing I got asked was how much they cost - these clamps cost $10AUD probably a little cheaper elsewhere in the world.
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I too watched a great deal of long bar clamp videos here, and by far this is the best over-all in my opinion. Well done man, well done! I really like your approach on all your vids, and your narration is always very well said and intelligent. Thanks for your efforts.
Brilliant. I want to make bar clamps and virtually gave up watching videos here, where everyone uses lot of welding and metal working skills. To my surprise, i discovered this video, where without welding, you have shown how a good quality bar clamps can be made. Thanks
No worries - glad it was helpful! :)
Great video again Pask mate. I'm really enjoying these videos now pal. I will have a look at the PATREON sdoon too pal. I think the fact u give free plans on ur website speaks volumes for u as a content creator so I will get looking at ur patreon this weekend as a thankyou.
Dear brother pask I showed this video and seen how you worked hard may god bless you and your family also I thought your work is not only for your family but all of humanity this shows how browd hearts of your god raised are always in your heart thanks for this gift your brother from India sumit gupta
First i looked at Amazon for these clamps. Prices for good clamps were too high. Then i tried diy on RUclips for these clamps. I was luck after many videos i came across this one. So far this seems like the best plan. I loved it and they seem the strongest diy clamps home project. I am definitely making them this summer. I will come back here and leave more comments about its performance.
Thanks every one.
I like the fact that the all-thread is on the underside. Good that glue squeezing out during panel glue ups won't foul the threads.
Thanks Robert! When I first thought of the idea I had the threaded bar on top (in my mind) - but I quickly changed that for the reason you state.
Awesome video! I'll probably never make a set like that, but it was great to watch.
Easy is relative word particularly when it comes from you😀😀 when I watch your video I get feeling of person who is learning to ride bike but watch someone flying spaceshuttle 🙂
Watched a lot of videos on making clamps. This version seems to be the best and simplest I seen.
É muito complicado
Unlike other comments I've read... I do find them an easy build. Engenius use of the all-thread/half nut for the backstop! As I have just started watching your channel in last week or so I see ways that you and I have a lot of the same mindset on ways to build. Sorry once again for not being able to give $ to you for your effords! I REALLY do give thanks for the inspirational ideals! PLEASE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK NEIL!.....God Bless......Joe frm Ky USA
I just started watching your channel. I'm very impressed on how you make your pieces, and how affordable you do it. Thanks for providing good education
Thank you very much! :)
I have enjoyed all your videos in a mini marathon watch today and subscribed. I like the fact that they are so visual and sound is optional. The content is pretty darned good too! Tim
Thank you very much - I'm very glad you enjoyed them!
G'day from South Australia, Great video, downloaded the plans for these clamps and am going to make a couple of pairs in the next couple of weeks. You are right handed like I am so can I make just one suggestion, when you hacksaw anything off in the vice you cut it on the right hand side of the vice not the left (unless you are left handed) the reason is: when you cut through and the saw jumps forward, you won't punch the vice with your knuckles, but you can on the left side.
Thanks mate! Glad to hear you’re going to make the clamps. It’s a good point with the hacksaw, but many of the things I do is determined by where I can get the best camera angles. You wouldn’t believe some of the positions I get myself into to get the right shot !😉
Had a feeling it was camera angle issue.
G’day from a Brit in Texas. Nice vid as always. Lots of ideas put to work.
I honestly think that there is nothing that you can't make!!!!
Everything you do is brilliant. Inc your videos. Can't wait to see you build a wooden V8 engine. Then at the end youll explain how pleased you are as it even runs cooler and quieter than a standard V8
Happy new year, and thanks for the videos 👍
I get so many great ideas from your videos, thank you so much for sharing. I tell my wife, "I have to make a tool to use to make the tool I need to make the project".
No worries James! :)
Pask, you know it, the best tools in a shop are the ones you made as a nessisicity, LOL, it's all good......
Very cool. Nice work indeed.
Will get some steel and make a pair of these clamps for sure. Thank you for sharing.
This is so easy to build at home and can do any type of vice clamp small to big size are best with save your own home made wood tools and you did an awesome job on projects keep it up buddy
That is awesome. I think I am going to make the first version ones since I own a welding machine. But these ones are nice for people who don't own one ;) I would recommend putting a pin through the end piece as the epoxy alone might not hold it too well. Good job!
Thanks good to know someone else might make them. I put in my plans that I originally thought I would have to put a bolt through the head but its quite a large glue surface and I don't see that failing. Cheers.
The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time 😉 Great bar clamps Pask.
Thanks Martin! :)
Very crude looking clamps, but if they work I guess that's all that matters. I think this would be a great project for someone who is just starting out and don't have a lot of money to spend on tooling up the shop. This would be a great stop gap to acquire some clamps for not a lot of expense.
48 inch woodworking pipe clamp at Lowes between the clamp itself and the 48 inch pipe is $20 out the door.
How Aussie!. Listening/watching the cricket in your shed to the cricket!
I heard Mark Taylor's voice at one point in the video. Must have a TV in there because he's only on channel 9 and he wasn't spruiking airconditioners in the sound grab I heard.
Yes that was Mark Taylor - I normally listen to audiobooks while I'm in the shed but the tv goes on when there's cricket.
Pask never disappoints
The revolutionary power of DIY. Great and ingenious ways to figure out things. Congrats.
Always nice to see Mighty Boosh fans.
Nice clamps Neil and an easy process to follow, but, being a little critical, bar clamps are usually, not always but usually put under a lot of tension, at least the way I use them. The handle part of the screw design is just not going to cut it, I’m sure you have a thick skin and understand!
Great video, no talk, no bs just show , thanks good job!
Pretty awesome things. Ideal because you can build them to a desired length. Great video Neil 😉
I found your channel only today. Looks like quite a lot interesting videos to look at.
Thanks for sharing your skills and knowledge.
No worries Hans! :)
Very fast and yet no bandages required. Thumbs up.
A thousand thanks: for sharing the video series, I really like your ideas, if you are creative in your own style, and I consider it of great value. Shalom. From Norway.
Nice.
I wonder how well those cut nuts held up over time?
Im thinking of making these myself but using a recessed strip of threaded rod where you put the nut.
you are a very clever crafts man and i really enjoy watching and learning from you thank you for posting all your hard work. I love how you are very neat and macticulous with your work and do the job well the first time. Gilly b
Nice clamps, well made.
Good looking and simple to build clamps along with a good video on the build !
That´s very kind of you share those plans... I will try it, thanks!!
No worries!
Those look excellent!
Congratulations, you are a genius, you have done an outstanding job!
Fantastico amigo tratare de hacer varios ya tengo la idea gracias a su video solo lo vere dos veces mas y se me graban los detalles Saludos desde venezuela espero ver todos tus videos muchas gracias excelente trabajo y excelente aporte
¡Gracias! Si ya no lo habías visto, he proporcionado planes, enlace en la descripción. :)
Pask Makes ok muy bueno lo buscaré me servirá de mucho
I think these would help to glue solid boards together for edge to edge and give them a good flat surface to lay on.
Thank you for sharing your plans! I imagine it's easier to build the clamps than to create the instructions for others to use!
Subbed, following in IG and looking forward to seeing more of your work! I'll make these clamps when my shop is better put together. Proper wiring today!
Thank you! The plans did take a lot of work as that was a whole new process for me.
Thank you for videos and free plans! I leave like & follow!
For locking nuts supports U shape - you can drill and cut sides with angle grinder. This is the easiest way to achive U shape cut in metal 😉
Awesome mate! Thanks so much for this video and for the quality plans. You're a legend!
No worries Dan! Thank you :)
a lot of work and specialized tools involved !!!
Yes there was some effort involved but I didn't use any tools that I would term specialised. Thanks for watching.
Well done! If you start pricing out Bessey bar clamps, they're nice, but they aren't THAT nice. Just about all of mine are the cheapest pipe clamps I could find, and I couldn't care less where they're made.
What is the technical term for removing a nail embedded in wood? Clavotomy or clavectomy? I suppose the first if you damage the wood a lot, the second if it's more like the keyhole surgery at 4:20.
Nice video
Saw The Mighty Boosh t-shirt and hit like :) but was also a great video very cool idea.
Thanks! No better reason to hit like!
Just might have to have a crack at these seeing as it's Christmas holidays and I have the time to play lol
Go for it! Merry Christmas!
Thanks for posting video and the plans. I am just getting into making cutting boards and a 24" version of thses wpold be perfect. Thanks again.
No worries! I'm pleased to have helped.
Cool. $8000 in machines and tools and you can make your own clamp. Looks like fun.
Love the F1 car sounds :P
Lightning McQueen.
What F1 sound? (7:10) Oh. That!
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I'm thinking of trying this for round pipe
You did everything besides growing the pine tree and making glue out of horse bones!
And finding and smelting the metal to form into tools ? ;)
Great clamps, congratulations! Thanks. Stay with God, you and your family.
Thank you!
Can these made with wooden bars instead of metal? Great build! Thank you
I've seen them with wood before
Great job 👊🤓
Nice clamps are the jaws interchangeable to longer ones?
Nice work, really. To complicated for me I think. But why do you have a fence in front of you're shop ? Marauding wallabies ?
Thank you Nic! The fence is to keep the little ones out.
Ah.
Not sure the half cut locking nut (even with the added support plate you made) would last with just the epoxy.
Perhaps the plate could have been the locking device if cut properly? Time will tell and I'm very hopeful that it will withstand the clamping pressure over time! Nice work and thanks for sharing!
Thank you! I'm fairly certain the epoxy will hold the nut as it has nowhere to move, but as you said time will tell. My main objective with these wooden clamps were for others to be able to make them easily, I probably would've welded the nut to a plate and screwed that in place. The plate could be tapped and cut and that would work too.
Awesome design! I'll be grabbing the plans.
Interested to see if the epoxy on the lock half nuts holds up over time... I was thinking when you added the lock nut support plate, what if welded the half nut to the support plate with a couple of tack welds, and rely on the support plate to hold the nut? With or without the epoxy...
It looks like it was a lot of fun, thanks.
Yes, it was! :) Thanks for watching!
Se aprecia mucho con cuanta dedicación esta hecho el trabajo, muchas gracias por compartir esto!!
Gracias Jose! :)
Da konnte man schön die Arbeitstechniken beobachten. und lernen.
Vielen Dank!
The process looks too lengthy and complicated, but then again, anywhere is walking distance if you have the time, right? Good work, and thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
Great idea for the clamps. And excellent Mighty Boosh shirt :)
Thanks! Love the Boosh!
Look rock-solid to me, friend! Nice thinking!👍
Thank you! :)
I acquired the SHS today and the Threaded rod I will pick up tomorrow. I did have to purchase 1 inch square as it is difficult to find 25MM here in the US, yes I can find it but not locally in West Texas. That should not cause an issue using 1 inch. any suggestions?
My question is what type of construction adhesive did you use? have I a Loctite Premium Brand on hand and it says that it is suitable for metals but I am not sure of the holding power. any suggestions?
I wish My Mig Machine was here. Thank you for taking the time to make the wonderful plans, I will give you feedback on what I have learned on the build.
Lane
I visited Sydney and Brisbane in 1991 and sail a 54 foot Sail boat from Sydney to Brisbane what a great time it was.
I can't see it causing any issues - 1" SHS should be very close to 25mm. It wouldn't hurt if the bar was a touch looser and if it were tighter you could always run a file through the head and foot to open them up a little. I used Sika construction adhesive which is a good product here in Oz - it also says it works on steel. I don't see it failing in this application - it seems to be very well bonded. The loctite would work just fine. Sydney to Brisbane in a sail boat would have been an awesome adventure!
thank you for the reply, I will let you know how it works out. I may Tack weld the All thread to the SHS. to test 2 of them against the Loctite.
Yes The sailing trip was a blast The lady that owned the Boat made it even better.
If you have a welder then that's how I would do it - you can see how I went about that in my steel bar clamp video. It only takes a few minutes then you're done - no waiting for adhesive to set.
Can you explain what your t shirt is about? The gray and orange one
This is my favorite video on making your own clamps! Just curious now, two years later, have you had any trouble with the threaded rod detaching from the bar? How well does that construction adhesive work?
How does the performance (holding power, speed, etc) compare with a pipe clamp? Not counting the pipe, a 1/2 inch (12.7 mm) pipe clamp can be had for about $10 USD in my local home center, so more expensive by the length of the pipe but much faster to make.
Pipe clamps are not so cheap here $22 then $15 for a 1.2m 3/4" bar with threaded end. These clamps cost me just under $10 each and I prefer them too :)
Hi pask, nice clamps! How are those glued on half nuts holding up? Is the glue sufficient strong? Thanks for sharing man!
Thanks Sebastiaan! The half nuts are still going strong - I don't see them failing as they don't have anywhere to move. :)
Thanks for sharing...I just have one huge question...maybe I’m coming to it from a naive place...I watched a lot of clamp videos...the part that I don’t get is the clamp blocks at the end...why does everyone cut multiple pieces of wood to glue them together to form a thru hole for the rod to be inserted in it...would it make more sense to just take a block of wood and notch an either round or square hole to make the rod slide thru???
No worries! The main reason is I reckon its easier to make from parts! :)
I would recommend to get a welder and a cutoff saw to use metal only I dont trusth the silicone or glue.
I used a welder for that in my other clamp video. I only did it this way for others who don't weld. btw these clamps are holding up perfectly and I don't have any doubt in the adhesive whatsoever. :)
Pask Makes would liquid weld in a tube work more like welding?
I do like the adhesive you used, it’s great stuff 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I love your video man. And the PDF plans? Wow! Thanks a lot Pask. I also looked at our Instagram page. Great stuffs.
A lot of work, but they came out great.
I'm subscribing.
and I clicked the like button.
Thank you!
Good work.
Thanks!
good job and thanx for plans
No worries!
Pask,
Nice work and thanks for the plans.
Really impressed with the dust collection on your miter saw. Can you tell me about it? Need something for ours.
Pam
Thank you! The best part of the dust collection is the box built around it - this alone contains most of the dust. I also have my dust collector hooked up from below to the back of the saw and a shop vac connected to the saw. If I only have a couple of cuts I don't bother with the dust collector but the shop vac starts up automatically - the dust collector works much better than the vac though.
Pask Makes Can you share the design of the box? A picture will do.
Awesome Clamps
pro tip: instead of chisel to fix hex nuts from rotate, just drill hole smaller than hex nut, then use vise or similar or even hammer to press fit the nut into the hole.
Yes that works well too - the chisel is a little neater though.
really?? cuz... the way im talking about makes for an absolute perfect fit, and the nut is actually wedged in there similar to how a nail uses compressive forces in the wood to stay in place.
I agreed with you - I just pointed out using a chisel is neater.
But hammering the nut into wood will create pressure inside wood, that could cause crack easier than making hole with a chisel. You can make chisel hole small enough that you can pressure fit the nut and still dont get too much pressure that would crack the wood. Also epoxy glue is a thing.
That’s terrific thanks
Excellent job, thanks for sharing
No worries! :)
Mighty Boosh shirt is the business
Very nice. I really like this and the last clamp video.
Here is a long question that gets a bit into your design process. As I watched the split nut get epoxied on to the block the first time, the thought in my mind was that the nut was the weak point in the whole design. Later on, you added more epoxy around the side of the split nut and I felt a little better. When the metal plate went on the front of the wood block, I felt a whole lot better.
So the question, I guess, is whether the metal plate was planned from the beginning, or did it come about by experimentation as the clamps came together?
Thank you! I was always going to build the epoxy around the half nut but it worked out that wasn't enough. The nut was very slowly slipping off the foot so the plate was added to stop that and that worked out perfect. Most of the force is vertical pushing the nut into the bar but as I found there is a very small amount of horizontal force. I could have welded the nut to a plate and screwed that to the base but I wanted to build these without any welding. Also when I built a prototype for my original clamps I used hot glue on the half nut and I tested that out heaps with no problem - I didn't like the idea of hot glue for a long term solution though.
Thanks for the response! The pull for a no-weld design is certainly understandable.
Here's another question: Let's say that six months from now you need more bar clamps. Do you make more wooden clamps or metal?
Thats a good question. I would make the wooden ones but that's maybe because I already have eight of the steel clamps.
Thanks for sharing!
An alternate might be to use a coupling nut sliced down the middle instead maybe? That way you've got a lot more glue surface to the wood. Really nice + simple clamps!
Good job
Thank you!
Beautiful work!!
These look great, I hope I can make some someday! One thing I don't understand though - how is the clamping pressure supported on the handle end? It looks like the whole clamping force goes through the bar to wood epoxy joint - have I missed something or will that joint be stronger than I imagine it is?
That took forever, but nicely done 👍🏼
Homemade?? With all that beautiful machines?
good job Master, good idea, thanks
And that's a thumbs up from me Pask!
How have these held up since? Would you have changed anything with the build, knowing what you know now?
Thanks! They have held up very well as good as the day I made them. I would weld the threaded rod like I did on my other bar clamps video, the only reason I did it this way was to show another option if you don't weld. Oh and the construction adhesive has held up perfectly. The other thing I would do to make the build a little quicker and easier would be to hot glue the half nut in place instead of using epoxy. :)
As always, great advice. Thank you Pask, and keep the great videos coming please.
Pask Makes I was going to ask that too, only I was going to add on how long do you think they could go before they stop being effective?
Many thanks for the plan, I will make one.
NICE. Looks like a good idea.
Why aren’t you using your new miter saw
'Easier' and 'Cheaper', IF you have thousands of dollars worth of power tools!!!
How long can a "glued threaded rod on wood" last?
You know they glue cars together now instead of welding them huh?
Next time you make these (if) on your locking nut support drill a hole then hacksaw it into a u shape. Will save a bunch of time and energy by less hack sawing.
No worries! I find a good blade on a hacksaw cuts through these in no time at all though - I reckon about 30 seconds. :)
Pask Makes not too bad then. I never remember to get them when I run out so I'd probably get the same time out if a butter knife. lol
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Gracias!