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How to make your own wooden sash cramps
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A quick afterthought to this thread.
Having made a complete copy of the warped cramp, it looked a bit of a wasted opportunity. The old glue had let go a bit, though the joint was still tight, and I managed to drive the head off the bar. If I could make just a new bar, I'd have a more useful item.
Fortunately, I still have some very nice oak from my parents' bedroom suite. When we cleared their house, no-one wanted the furniture but I dismantled some and kept the wood, oak in this case. It was a second hand donation when they were bombed out in London in the forties, so probably dates back to the twenties or earlier. I had a bit of framing just big enough, already with a groove along it.
It would have been silly to cut it short so the new cramp is 3 foot long. I stained and oiled the oak so as to blend in a bit. Much quicker than starting from scratch, though these don't take too long anyhow.
Any ideas what I can use the now redundant bent beech bar for?
Having made a complete copy of the warped cramp, it looked a bit of a wasted opportunity. The old glue had let go a bit, though the joint was still tight, and I managed to drive the head off the bar. If I could make just a new bar, I'd have a more useful item.
Fortunately, I still have some very nice oak from my parents' bedroom suite. When we cleared their house, no-one wanted the furniture but I dismantled some and kept the wood, oak in this case. It was a second hand donation when they were bombed out in London in the forties, so probably dates back to the twenties or earlier. I had a bit of framing just big enough, already with a groove along it.
It would have been silly to cut it short so the new cramp is 3 foot long. I stained and oiled the oak so as to blend in a bit. Much quicker than starting from scratch, though these don't take too long anyhow.
Any ideas what I can use the now redundant bent beech bar for?
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It has possibly got a lot of stress in it to have caused the bend in the first place so even if you planed it flat it would possibly move anyway.
So application are possibly restricted to short lengths where you can lose the bend.
Cut wedges from it?
Here it would go in the firewood bin but I realise that would "go against the grain" :lol: with you Andy.
Bob
How about using it as the basis for one of your zoom conferences?
So application are possibly restricted to short lengths where you can lose the bend.
Cut wedges from it?
Here it would go in the firewood bin but I realise that would "go against the grain" :lol: with you Andy.
Bob
How about using it as the basis for one of your zoom conferences?