Tricks and Tutorials - How to Make Your Own Cam or Luthier Clamps

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In this tutorial from http://www.crimsonguitars.com follow the entire process of making your own cam clamps from raw lumber to the finished product step by step.
This is a 25-minute video and should give you everything you need to know to make cam or Klemsia style clamps in your home workshop.

Cam clamps are light-weight, flexible, and a simple tool that every guitar builder and luthier will need from time to time.
They are used for every clamping process from repairing an acoustic guitars lifting bridge to gluing on a new fretboard.
They are also very inexpensive to make and can be made in various, lengths to suit different tasks. All it takes is a few nails or screws, some wood, and a piece of steel or aluminium bar.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
2:15 Cutting the plank into strips
2:40 Work out the basic shape and cut on the bandsaw
3:28 Using the drum sander to finesse and achieve the final shape
3:52 Once completing the shaping mark where the steel bar should be placed
4:41 Marking the cut in the top section of the clamp
5:56 Using a pillar drill to drill out the holes
6:51 Routing cavity for the cam
7:50 Using the bandsaw to cut the other slits
8:17 Drilling the holes for the steel rivet using the pillar drill
9:15 Gluing the rivets
10:35 Cutting the steel bar to size
11:50 The cam - marking out and cutting on the bandsaw
13:46 All the pieces completed - sand and Danish oil to finish
17:21 Construction process - with a few Ben tweaks
23:28 Conclusion
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