BAR CLAMP

As an alternative to the table top clamp above use two strips of wood with holes drilled in each end, slip bolts through the holes and use two shims in each end.

SHIM CUTTING JIG

Make the jig out of 3/4" plywood, the length can be any convient size to accommodate scrap material on hand, to use it lodge material into angled notch, set fence on table saw to cut width of shim, this can be from sharp pointed to wider with blunt end. After each cut flip material over end for end to keep the material parallel.

Cam Vise

The above sketch from an old Popular Mechanics book shows an easily made, quick working vise, the screw is replaced by an open bar held at one end by a wedge-shaped block. The vise is tightened by an eccentric lever. The wedge is worked by a string passed through the top of the bench and the bottom is weighted to facilitate downward movement.

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