The weather here is cold, and we have 3 or 4 inches of snow. But shop time is a near everyday thing for me.
Yesterday I decided to give my new Veritas Box Maker's plow planes a test, while also rethinking my simple clamping system that uses a common wood bodied hand screw.
With the plow plane I'd wondered whether I might use plane irons from my old Record Multi Plane, and learned that I could. I used a 1/8 in radius beading cutter to make a practice run on a piece of western cedar and got perfect results.
Turning a hand screw into an effective clamp for holding stock is relatively easy. For schools interested in converting desks to work benches, it can offer a cost effective alternative to woodworking vises that are expensive to buy and difficult to install.
It's a pity that the Jorgensen clamp is no longer manufactured in their original Chicago facility
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