http://www.descendingashtray.com/archives/76 Collaborations in Art by Gabe Lueders and Dave Selden Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:08:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 http://www.descendingashtray.com/archives/76#comment-60 Dave Sat, 31 Dec 2005 09:04:13 +0000 http://www.descendingashtray.com/archives/76#comment-60 Have you seen these <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&tag=daveselden-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&path=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB0000224DM%2Fqid%3D1136019700%2Fsr%3D8-6%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_6%3Fn%3D507846%2526s%3Dhi%2526v%3Dglance" rel="nofollow">Tru-Grip Clamps</a>? They're basically a straightedge with a clamp built in. You can clamp them to a piece of plywood on the bottom, then use the aluminum bar as a guide for either a circular saw or a router. I bought one about a year ago, before I got my new table saw when I was trying to crosscut full sheets of plywood, and it works well. I got the 50" long one, but I think they make bigger and smaller (probably more useful than bigger) ones. I don't use it much now for the crosscutting, but it is still valuable as a long clamp, and it would be handy for long dados with the router. Have you seen these Tru-Grip Clamps? They’re basically a straightedge with a clamp built in. You can clamp them to a piece of plywood on the bottom, then use the aluminum bar as a guide for either a circular saw or a router. I bought one about a year ago, before I got my new table saw when I was trying to crosscut full sheets of plywood, and it works well. I got the 50″ long one, but I think they make bigger and smaller (probably more useful than bigger) ones. I don’t use it much now for the crosscutting, but it is still valuable as a long clamp, and it would be handy for long dados with the router.

]]> http://www.descendingashtray.com/archives/76#comment-58 Gabe Sat, 31 Dec 2005 07:07:24 +0000 http://www.descendingashtray.com/archives/76#comment-58 I clamped down a board as a make shift fence when I was cross cutting a large sheet of plywood. It worked great! I clamped down a board as a make shift fence when I was cross cutting a large sheet of plywood. It worked great!

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