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Mark Ewing
 Post subject: Back brace gluing clamp.
PostPosted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 12:17 am 
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This was inspired by Charlie Hoffman's back brace gluing setup and a lack of a good clamps.


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Mark I don't see why that wouldn't work. Don't know if it's built this way but it would be cool if the bars running across the top could be adjustable along the length of the jig. That way if you change your bracing scheme in the future you won't have to build another jig.

I spent 54 dollars and got everything needed to do a go bar deck from the the BORG. Made the sticks out of some QS white oak I had laying around.

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what are you gonna do for the top?
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It seems like it would have been less work to build a go bar deck that will clamp any bracing pattern.

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I can see how that will work just fine .. but a go bar deck will be ten times faster, and way more versatile - BTW ... thats a lot of screws to turn ...

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I made a Go bar deck and dishes for the top and bottom. It works great on the spherical top. What I didn't have was a cylindrical dish to glue the back into. I could use the base of this to push down into with the rods. Never considered that. duh It is a lot of screws to turn. The battens are 2" wide so there is some variable to change the layout.

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Chris aka Sniggly wrote:
Mark I don't see why that wouldn't work. Don't know if it's built this way but it would be cool if the bars running across the top could be adjustable along the length of the jig. That way if you change your bracing scheme in the future you won't have to build another jig.

I spent 54 dollars and got everything needed to do a go bar deck from the the BORG. Made the sticks out of some QS white oak I had laying around.



That is a good point. They can be move left right. Each batten is 2" wide so the bars can be adjusted in that 2" range.

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If you can threadlock those wingnuts then you can make something like a string winder for your drill to move the screws, just a piece of wood with a slot in it. It'd be a lot easier on the forearms!

Nice fixture and it looks like you can just set it against the wall to dry once all the screws are down.

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