How to Make A Lutherie's Clamp Experiment

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9 ай бұрын

How to make a Luthier Clamp. We are experimenting with making a simple clamp. This is made for light weight pressure situations. Often when working with small pieces.
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@stephenpasinosky7611 9 ай бұрын

Somewhere in the video you said there were no right answers. James, you always have a Wright answer.

@hubrigant 9 ай бұрын

If James doesn't, I'm sure Sara does.

@Timber2Toothpicks 6 ай бұрын

I have been watching your videos from my bed in the hospital. I am a woodworker with severe disabilities. My hands shake, I am in a wheelchair and I love Bridge City Tools. This is the first I have seen this machine used. Knowing what I do about neurological disabilities I immediately saw where I could use in many things I do. You did not cover it REALLY well but you did enough that I am going to buy one. Thats now on you! Being disabled one sees things differently than others. You NAILED it with the way you explained that part or use of the machine. I owned my own Woodshop for 25 years. I love tools and I love learning to use them. My main tool is a Shopsmith. July 5 2023 I bought a Laguna Lathe. Now pretty much what I do is turning. The little bit you presented the light went on. Thank You for that. Hey stay in touch with me. When I buy my new machine I will be posting up my videos on my channel. It was a fun to watch video. You’re an ACE with hand planes. This video opened a new door for me. The light went on brightly.

@WoodByWrightHowTo 6 ай бұрын

Thanks! I am looking forward to seeing what you make.

@timothymallon 9 ай бұрын

I think I would go back to the original design for the jaw alignment. Having yours start at 90 degrees, VS the original clamps what the degree they were, makes a lot of difference. If you begin at 90, when you use pressure, you go off 90 and create a small pinch point that could damage the soft woods being used on the instrument. By having the clamp be off 90 and with pressure come into 90, it gives the surface more grab with less pinch. Also, the cork is still more forgiving than leather and when compressed is very grabby so less pressure is needed. Leather will burnish too quickly over time and slip, more than grab. Overall, its a great project and I think I might make them myself.

@user-mc7mc4cf9s 9 ай бұрын

My thought is - wonderful. Larger ones cost much, and now I can make like 20 of them and glue boards together, thanks! Glue like a crazy person, no matter what!

@reskridge 9 ай бұрын

Nice Saturday project! Can see many times where these would be useful

@kevinkult 9 ай бұрын

😂 "Comment down below" 😂 I hadn't heard that one before. Thanks for the great content James!

@Srulio 9 ай бұрын

Very good work. I like the simplicity of a clamp that holds with friction alone. There is less risk of overclamping and glue starvation of a joint. Leather pads seem fine but you could probably salvage and reuse some wine corks easily enough.

@CodyBrandt580 9 ай бұрын

I like the idea of making my own clamps. The fewer parts required the better. Thank you for all you do for the woodworking community 🙏 ❤️

@gregpreston7301 9 ай бұрын

Absolutely love building my own tools and jigs. This would be a great addition. Looking forward to the class.

@JackFright 9 ай бұрын

Agreed. I'm looking at making all my own plus the tools for bookbinding

@wouterengels7769 9 ай бұрын

I like this one, nice for a rainy afternoon with my boys.

@peregrine1970 9 ай бұрын

Never ran across those before... looks like a neat project.

@JustinShaedo 9 ай бұрын

Gluing leather on clamp faces; what great idea!

@johnbesharian9965 9 ай бұрын

I always find it amazing that this style of clamps are not more commonly used. Now I don't know where you're planning on getting the cork sheet(s), but, for making two surf rods, I went to the best tackle shop in town (Modern Bait & Tackle in San Francisco), bought two 13' Lamiglas blanks, one reel seat (for the spinning rod, the conventional reel clamps directly to the grip), appropriate Fuji guides and tips and a 1" wide by"X" yards long spool of adhesive backed cork tape. I used the same source for tape when it came time to R&R the clamping surfaces of any of the guitar clamps I was using at the time fixing guitars. Much easier than cutting strips from a sheet of cork, then trimming to fit, etc.

@bengtmeuller7043 9 ай бұрын

Getting rid of a leg clamp is a pain 😁. I like the lighthearted experimentering!

@martinkruger8724 9 ай бұрын

I love the simplicity of it and already thinking of building one. 🤔 In metric, of course. 😁

@JustinShaedo 9 ай бұрын

That saw at 0:45 looks like it fits your hand perfectly 😉

@caneycreekwoodcarver 9 ай бұрын

Very cool Robert. That is awesome way to also use up scrap wood that you would get off of other projects.

@alholston-smith7631 9 ай бұрын

I have an antique large version (beam is more than 12” long) and wondered what it was originally used for, thanks. I didn’t think of making small ones for smaller project clamping, like small boxes, great idea. Cheers

@tonyp.2482 9 ай бұрын

"Sorry, leg cramp." You are hilarious. Always finding a punch line. I'm always looking forward to the end, keep them coming 😂😂😂😂

@dandelie2067 9 ай бұрын

I sure would like to know how to make those clamps. Great to know information.

@christopherharrison6724 9 ай бұрын

Love to watch you playing around with these ancient designs

@BAILEYWOODWORKS 9 ай бұрын

I am definitely going to make a set of those! Great video!

@hassanal-mosawi4235 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing that and the make!

@toddellner5283 8 ай бұрын

Roubo's 18th century book _With All Precision Possible_ , one of the great old woodworking tomes, shows a clamp which works on exactly the same principle but made of ~1/2" iron square stock rather than wood.

@paco_vazquez 9 ай бұрын

One mere project to the list! Thanks James

@KevinOMalleyisonlysmallreally 9 ай бұрын

The algorithm has now been fed

@cheryldawkins7486 9 ай бұрын

Enjoyed it. Thank you

@kennethnielsen3864 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@Apillicus 9 ай бұрын

I need to make some of these. Thanks!

@marcbarash6045 9 ай бұрын

Thanks James

@jefferycre Ай бұрын

I might have to give it a go! Great video 👊

@J.A.Smith2397 9 ай бұрын

Love you experimenting

@iainmcculloch5807 9 ай бұрын

I can certainly see a use for a couple of these in my workflow. Should be fun to build.

@snellscroft 9 ай бұрын

Good idea, will make a few of those

@glencrandall7051 9 ай бұрын

A nice tool. Easy DIY project. You can never have too many clamps. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂

@graywulf19 9 ай бұрын

I've never seen these before. They look like they would be good for small boxes.

@llaroque211 9 ай бұрын

Good job.

@danielfasang4983 9 ай бұрын

Damn it, since I don´t quite get how they work I´ll have to build a set of them just to find out... Thanks for That James 😂 Great Video as always thanks and keep it up. Best chanel on KZfaq!

@walterrider9600 9 ай бұрын

thank you

@red58impala 9 ай бұрын

Interesting clamp concept. I'm curious to see how well it would work compared to a more "traditional" luthier's clamp with the cam clamp portion. I look forward to future videos and the build video on this. I need some light duty clamps and these just might fit the bill.

@WoodByWrightHowTo 9 ай бұрын

Oddly enough this is the traditional luthier's clamp. The cam design is considerably newer. But a while ago the cam design came out and most people considered it to be the superior design and so most switched over to that.

@red58impala 9 ай бұрын

@@WoodByWrightHowTo Thanks for clarifying. I figured I'd be wrong calling the cam clamp "traditional", which is why I put it in parenthesis as I wasn't sure, but I do think the cam clamp version would be more versatile. If you do decide to do some comparisons, you'll definitely get a view from me.

@MrDNG55 9 ай бұрын

II’m going to try this! Thanks 🙂

@nelsvantoor5159 9 ай бұрын

That's a neat li'l clamp for light work that's easy/cheap to make as well.

@bigdragon261 9 ай бұрын

I would love to make some. That is very interesting.

@dpmeyer4867 9 ай бұрын

thanks

@jt2988 9 ай бұрын

Should try and make one with longer tabs on the back to help squeeze the clamp tighter

@johnfreiler6017 9 ай бұрын

that looks great and I'd love to see a measured drawing.

@scottswineford6714 9 ай бұрын

Seems like it ought to be ideal for epoxy joints

@MCsCreations 9 ай бұрын

Brilliant little clamp, James! Fantastic work!!! 😃 I may try to make a few as well! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

@jimbucket2996 9 ай бұрын

See Englers video on cam clamps for ideas. He's always thorough. I'm making a bunch of square wooden ones for my shop when I get to it.

@WoodByWrightHowTo 9 ай бұрын

I've done a few other videos on cam clamps. Those are always fun.

@deezynar 9 ай бұрын

James Krenov liked those.

@noahfreeman8115 9 ай бұрын

insightful clamp comment!

@MatthewHarrold 9 ай бұрын

Now I know what I'm doing next weekend. I've got enough oak scraps to make two of these. Cheers mate. $0.02

@neoanderson5027 9 ай бұрын

Great

@TheBottegaChannel 9 ай бұрын

Gave me an idea to suggest. Dare ya to make a wooden wrench combined with a mallet. 😂

@will72588 3 ай бұрын

Yess those are usually used to clamp the bridge. 3 are normally used and they have a cam lock to apply pressure. Bc there's no room in the sound hole... It's not a hand hole. :))

@Kevin.odonnell 9 ай бұрын

Now do again with a cam! Also if you’re interested in hand tool guitar making… I’m not saying that it’s my favorite thing ever… but it totally is something I would love to share resources about

@alanfarnworth2802 9 ай бұрын

could you do a video on how these are used in practice . they look really interesting

@toddellner5283 8 ай бұрын

Feels like there should be a stop that keeps the moving jaw from getting too close to the fixed jaw. If you can't get a hammer in there to give it a whack you could end up with a clamp stuck and unable to be removed without sawing.

@nikolausreinke9966 9 ай бұрын

I think the extra pieces in the sliding mortise are there to prevent that mortise from wearing. At least I was thinking about wearing issues just before you showed the original clamp. That made sense to me, then. What do you think?

@grumpyoldsodinacellar3518 9 ай бұрын

Comment added 😊

@user-mg7yd9wk8r 9 ай бұрын

And when u do can u send me the sizes of woods and size and what wood to go buy please love ur work its exactly what I wanna do after level 2

@HansWurst12345 9 ай бұрын

hammer tap on the back easily quadruples the clamping force, same principle as a holdfast. i do that on my cam clamps all the time

@alextopfer1068 9 ай бұрын

You joke, but oak is an exotic imported timber around here edit: i wonder if i can adapt the design for gluing up hidden tang knife handles

@ianpearse4480 9 ай бұрын

Well, I do need to get grip! LOL.

@Mikey__R 9 ай бұрын

Down below!!

@user-mg7yd9wk8r 9 ай бұрын

Nice Wright let me no when ur class is I think I'm at the stage in college now I should be able to do just how do I get ur waxy finish from😊😊😊😊

@Adamant4160 9 ай бұрын

Down below!

@tatehogan5685 9 ай бұрын

I felt oddly pressured to watch this😂

@JackFright 9 ай бұрын

wait, wait, white oak? Mythical material of the gods? ;)

@PedroPereira-ut6pp 9 ай бұрын

I was expecting the classic phrase: you can't never have enough clamps!

@michaelgreen429 9 ай бұрын

These are neat clamps. I wouldn't mind building a set. Do they provide enough clamping pressure to work with pva glues? Or just hide glues and epoxy? Thanks

@WoodByWrightHowTo 9 ай бұрын

In the application where you'd be using these you don't need the full strength of the PVA glue. You'd be talking about gluing together the body of something with quarter inch or thinner material. In that case the glue strength really isn't that important.

@user-tl3dk1wr8f 9 ай бұрын

Just curious: why didn't you cut the mortise before you cut the two heads apart? That way you didn't have to "glue" the two heads together. Looks like a fun project!

@tarbucktransom 9 ай бұрын

Having made this exact project before, the answer very well may be "yeah, oops." If there's a pragmatic reason, then it's probably about accuracy over that long of a narrow mortise?

@opotime 9 ай бұрын

Its Time for a viseless video...@0:53 the vise push a bow to the workpeace that wanted to be flat. Im sure you know better because you still get it flat that way...but there are better ways to show. Sorry for the way im talking, im mean ... No no i mean it nice ;-) Greatz from Germany and have a nice Day opo

@entretantosmundosgaming4974 9 ай бұрын

Would clamps like these work for electric guitar building? I’ me referring to the gluing part.

@WoodByWrightHowTo 9 ай бұрын

For electric guitar most of the time you are just doing structural gluing. These are great for small delicate pieces but you don't need the clamping strike.

@johnford7847 9 ай бұрын

Did you make one/some without finishing the bar? If so, did you find it makes any difference in how well the clamp holds? I was kind of shocked to see you apply BLO, let alone wax, to the bar. Looking forward to more about this.

@WoodByWrightHowTo 9 ай бұрын

I have not noticed a clamping difference with or without finish and paste wax.

@vince55sanders 9 ай бұрын

this one time at Band Clamp...

@robohippy 9 ай бұрын

So, are you going to make a guitar/banjo/mandolin/ukulele????

@WoodByWrightHowTo 9 ай бұрын

Some day I will make another one.

@gordonmccall5263 9 ай бұрын

Comment down below! Cool project!

@urgamecshk 9 ай бұрын

The top mortise shouldn't be wedged. It's usually cross pinned There's also another "stop" pin on the bottom to stop the moving jaw from falling off completely.

@WoodByWrightHowTo 9 ай бұрын

That is all what I am experimenting with.

@toddellner5283 8 ай бұрын

The metal version - see post from 29 October above - puts the moving jaw on the bar and then upsets the end so it won't come off.

@Hansenomics 9 ай бұрын

Working for The Clamp Down!

@ykkfamily 9 ай бұрын

Already clicked like and watching 😁

@andrewjohnson9610 9 ай бұрын

How long have those stalactites been growing from the lid of your oil jar?!?

@WoodByWrightHowTo 9 ай бұрын

LOL about 8 years on that one.

@urgamecshk 9 ай бұрын

As a luthier... These are just called Cam Clamps.

@jimbucket2996 9 ай бұрын

That looks similar to a cam clamp it's just missing cam.

@WoodByWrightHowTo 9 ай бұрын

The anti-cam clamp

@jeffs.3527 9 ай бұрын

One might worry that a woodworker without a lot of friendth was a luthier.

@richardtyler-5119 9 ай бұрын

Comment down below 👍

@RobEdinger 8 ай бұрын

Down Below!

@bigpoppajeff 9 ай бұрын

Comment down below

@steveshapland8846 6 ай бұрын

I put a cam on the sliding jaw of the set i made.

@JohnColgan. 9 ай бұрын

Oops💪😉

@thebulletproofpoet1744 9 ай бұрын

Is this where I comment?

@jwydubak9673 9 ай бұрын

Comment down below.

@blacknorce 9 ай бұрын

Not my style. Maybe if you can tap it tighter but it looks like it wouldn't last long if someone is hitting it a lot. Still looks fun to make.

@WoodByWrightHowTo 9 ай бұрын

Yeah this isn't for anything that means clamping force. It's for small light delicate things.

@mx_nana_banana 9 ай бұрын

is it just me or does james seem high strung in this episode?

@j.davidbennett8373 9 ай бұрын

a fine Luthier pun

@InternalizedSun 9 ай бұрын

Indeed it is - LMAO 😂

@warrenmunn3224 9 ай бұрын

😜

@ssrattus 9 ай бұрын

Comment down below, below.

@ping170 9 ай бұрын

Comment down below down below down below :P

@christophermahon1851 9 ай бұрын

For those who don't have enough pressure in their lives already.

@JackFright 9 ай бұрын

Okay, answering your questions. Yes, would love to make this sort of thing. Very much interested in making all of my own tools. As I mentioned below, I am interested in making all of my bookbinding tools as well. Any techniques that I could transfer would be great. I'm all for the class.

@hundertd 8 ай бұрын

You've titled this one, an "experiment..." Will you be doing a video on how to make one that is not an experiment?

@WoodByWrightHowTo 8 ай бұрын

Yes. I am planning on doing a live class as well.

@cindyharrison4191 9 ай бұрын

What is a Luther?

@paco_vazquez 9 ай бұрын

A luthier is a person that builds string instruments, from violins to big basses and anything in between. It’s a fascinating mix of musician and specialized woodworker. An art in its own right, and one that takes decades to develop.

@SimonWillig 9 ай бұрын

A Luther on the other hand was a kind of influencer back in the days. Two were especially succesful - both were coincidently named martin