SS Panel Clamps

[algale]

OK I'll bite.

Whatsa thwart?

Any brace that runs side to side in a canoe.

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[JPG]

That shiny one looks like a neck poker.

[larryhrockisland]

I should check my own pictures better, I have the crank handle on the wrong end.

[JPG]

WHATSIT matter???

[jsburger]

That shiny one looks like a neck poker.

That is the one you put across your shoulders behind your neck when you portage the canoe.

[algale]

That shiny one looks like a neck poker.

That is the one you put across your shoulders behind your neck when you portage the canoe.

the shiny one is the portage yoke

[larryhrockisland]

WHATSIT matter???

How far you can adjust in and still turn the crank, plus I looked at the original instructions

[JPG]

WHATSIT matter???

How far you can adjust in and still turn the crank

Only on narrow glueups.

[algale]

WHATSIT matter???

How far you can adjust in and still turn the crank

Only on narrow glueups.

Just add some additional unglued spacers of scrap outside of your panel and it isn't a problem.

[edflorence]

My Shopsmith panel clamps have seen a lot of use over the years and they do a great job. Occasionally, though, I have needed cauls longer than the panel clamps and the way I learned to make them is dead simple. No math, no measuring. Start with a 1x2 or 1x3 as long as you need and stand it on edge with a spacer under the center. The spacer is a scrap piece about 1/8 to 1/4 thick. With the spacer in place, clamp both ends down to a table or bench. Then set a scribe tool (which can be as simple as a pencil with a thickness of tape wrapped around it to get it to the right height) to match the gap between the table and the raised center of the caul and keeping the pencil on the bench top, scribe the caul from one end to the other. This makes a nice arc. Release the clamped ends and bandsaw and sand.