I got the metal from my not too local tractor supply store for 25 i got the idea years ago from harry strasil on.
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This video was sponsored by manoma. This is the third video in the new workbench series where i will show you how i built the hold fast clamps and bench dogs. Gramercy were the first to do this that i m aware of. We have been in business for over thirty.
Mass produced holdfasts we tested front to back. Jorgensen 1708 veritas woodcraft jorgensen 1716. In fact the bent steel bar variants are probably the best thing to come to holdfasts since they were invented. The homemade holdfasts would only take half an hour to make and as the title says they only cost 5 for the two.
It s built using the same system as the woodworking bench i made but this o. The 16mm round bar was under 5 for a metre and the only other thing needed was a. Klingspor s woodworking shop is a supplier of woodworking tools and equipment to the hobbyist and the professional. As a third hand i prefer the light weight ones.
This article was originally published in issue 4 of woodworking magazine which was published in the fall of 2005.