DIY Woodworking Clamps and Vise:
When a commercial vise or clamps are not available to hold a project in place while working on it or need to glue it, build your own Rope Vise or Viking Clamp or improvise using other household items like a tire jack, caulk gun, bungie cord, ratchet strap or mouse trap.
Viking Clamp - Sandwich the project between two boards. Tie a rope around the 2 boards and a few inches back from where they need to grip the project. At the opposite end (not the gripping end), drive a wedge between the 2 boards to spread them apart. This will close the gripping end onto the project to be held. The rope acts as a hinge point, forcing the gripping ends of the boards tighter together as the opposite ends are wedged open farther apart. Kind of like the opposite of a spring-loaded (hinge point) clothespin which you close one end to open the other end.
Rope Vise uses a circle/loop of rope to hold the project (on a table at the top of the loop) in place by stepping on the rope loop on the floor/ground. Ideally, the rope loop is fed through a hole in a piece of wood below the project and the foot pulls the rope tight in a noose.
Related Resources: Improvised Woodworking Clamps Using Household Items Learn how to Use Manual and Electric/Battery Hand Tools The Benefits of Non-Power Hand Tools
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