Clamps!

Hello to all! A point I like to stress when building your own equipment, is there is always more than one way to do something. If I were a rich person with all the resources to just keep buying tools than I would want to have at least a hundred Clamps! Any woodworker, or for that matter, any metal worker will always tell you that "You just never have enough clamps"! This is where one has to become inventive! All you need is a solid flat surface, and enough weight to hold things down! Remember I said inventive, not dangerous! Think it out first. Here are two pictures to demonstrate what I mean. In building a new seat for my Marquardsen countermarch loom I needed to laminate five oak boards together,and have a small arch in it to compensate for weight deflection.That would be my weight that deflects it! Ta-Da! My 4000 pound tractor with a nice straight bucket did the trick! I used what clamps I had to line things up,lowered the bucket, drove some wedges in to create the arch, and the glue did the rest! You don't need a bucket loader to do this, as any stable weight can work, cement blocks, bricks,rocks to name a few. The point here is, use what you have,be resourceful, and you will get great results! Regards, TheLoominary.