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let s talk wood october 2018 let s talk wood a forum for discussing woodworking specifically furniture making feel free to post comments and questions about your current projects tools studio set up or whatever is on your mind this blog is moderated by jamie yocono owner of wood it is custom cabinetry in las vegas nv her website is wooditis com if you need to speak to an actual human call 702 672 8981 now let s talk wood monday october 29 2018 pony jorgensen back in the saddle again these band clamps have see better days but let me tell you they ve helped over 3000 people make their boxes in the classes i teach that s outstanding and no doubt we ve gotten our use out of them but these clamps are starting to show their age they used to be packaged like this with four metal corners and a cheesy little wrench that promptly ended up in the circular waste file i e the trash can these clamps are tired the springs are wearing out and the nylon straps are frayed and worn down but they still do a hell of a job when gluing a box making our corners match up perfectly seriously thousands of people have used these and the pony jorgensen brand is far superior to anything else that s on the market it was getting to the point where i was desperate and considered buying some of the clamps shown below but whoever designed these bad boys below ought to go back to design school and rethink them it s impossible to tighten them well and they re awkward and bulky ok that s just my opinion but whenever someone shows up with one of these at the shop they quickly complain about it too they re awful i started to panic just a bit when my clamps were showing their wear they were hard to find and mostly off the market as pony jorgensen was going through some issues you can read about it here there s no doubt that the pony brand took a hit and that they disappeared from the market but at this year s hardware show i connected with some reps from the company and explained how my school as in dire need of replacement clamps we had a long discussion about the state of clamps in the country and i lamented that one of the more popular brands had turned out to be a huge disappointment to me they had sent me dozens of clamps to test and almost every one was a failure i ll save that for a future post so all the way back in may at the hardware show the pony people took my information and cheerfully told me they d hook me up when production resumed imagine my surprise to get this box delivered to the shop i hadn t a clue what it was the paperwork didn t tell me a thing but when i opened it it felt like christmas in october just as promised a few dozen clamps replacing our old tired ones i d told the fellows at pony that i would test these out and give them a fair review so here are a few first impressions the clamps come rolled up and the loose end has to be threaded through the body to create the loop the clamp also comes with plastic corners which keep your wooden corners crisp so no dented corners on softer woods one of the newest features is an integrated wrench on the clamp no more fumbling for a socket or crescent wrench to tighten the clamp and even better the wrench has a toggle on it so you can loosen the clamp too brilliant the coil of strapping had to be unrolled and the end threaded back through the clamp since the ends were roughly trimmed square threading the end through the clamp was a little tricky since i had so many to thread i clipped the end into a slightly narrower shape which facilitated the work it wasn t pretty as the strap is beefy and hard to snip but once the end was just a tad narrower slipping it under the the lever was easy my first use of these was a solid test a recent commission had me gluing up a cube where all the corners were mitered so that no end grain could show it had to be perfect with crisp corners so this was an excellent way to test these clamps i almost never use the corners but in this case i definitely needed them the clamps worked flawlessly and the box came out perfect so what did i think about the clamps there were definitely some pros and cons pros i appreciate the integrated wrench very much it simplifies things and it is terrific that it is reversible who ever added that to the design wins tool designer of the year award from me the strapping is beefier than the previous design and again with so many people using these clamps at my shop i m happy to see that they re going to hold up better than the last ones cons they re over packaged i had to unpackaged 24 of these clamps and it took quite a while with a great deal of plastic and waste i think they d be better shipped in a simple plastic bag with a cardboard label stapled at the top our trash sites have enough plastic waste in them the spring that holds the lever in place seems weak many of my older clamps suffered from weak springs too and we had to toss a few out over the years when they wouldn t hold their tension right now the springs work fine but in a few years i suspect a few of these will fail too i m not sure they need to include the corners with the clamps sure i used them for the project i mentioned above but i can count on one hand how many times i ve used them in 20 years maybe sell the corners separately and save some money i suspect no one uses them but that s just a guess finally my biggest suggestion sell these already looped and ready to use having to loop the end into 24 clamps took much longer than i thought it would if the average woodworker is only buying a few of these it might not matter but to me it was a pain to have to thread each clamp thanks to the great people of pony jorgensen for hooking us up with such a fine product the students and i appreciate it finally i didn t realize this but there is quite an interesting story about this company s founder it s fascinating and worth a read click here posted by wood it is at 8 34 am 1 comment tuesday october 23 2018 the problem with not measuring correctly teaching a table class might be one of my favorite things to do table making gives students a variety of skills to master and let s face it everyone can use another table in their home so this month s table class is filled with absolute beginners and we re starting off with simple designs meant to develop skills like proper design precision cutting on the tablesaw gluing and clamping to ensure squareness and most of all accurate measuring i love this group they re energetic and fun and they love everything about woodworking the energy they ve put into their tables is remarkable one student had a little trouble with her measurements so her table base came out a tad longer than her top that s why we measure twice and cut once but it s nothing we can t fix which is another reason to love wood posted by wood it is at 8 03 am no comments saturday october 20 2018 this month s mitzvah don t ask where i ve been it s too complicated to go into in addition to some traveling and teaching i ve spent some time giving woodworking back to this town in a variety of small ways like this mitzvah i was contacted by a fellow who explained he was a bit down on his luck but felt he might be able to right his ship if he had a way to make a living by shining shoes all he needed was a shoeshine box if you google shoeshine box you ll get about 9 400 000 results in 0 51 seconds i liked this design the best to be truthful i get hit up all the time for donations and volunteering queries but most of the time they re not legit something about this guy hit me in the gut he was polite and honest and just needed a woodworking favor and for once it was actually something simple that i could do he and i collaborated on a design and i built it in an afternoon hopefully he s out there making a living giving some great shines to shoes around vegas meanwhile i have a few challenging commissions coming up as arnold says i ll be back posted by wood it is at 7 51 am no comments tuesday october 02 2018 happy birthday jimmy carter tried to post this yesterday on his actual birthday but blogger wouldn t let me so here it is a day late with apologies he is one of my favorite woodworkers and a role model for many posted by wood it is at 9 39 am no comments newer posts older posts home subscribe to comments atom wanna send me an email wooditis aol com wood it is view my complete profile blog archive 2026 5 april 1 march 1 february 2 january 1 2025 11 november 2 august 1 july 1 june 2 april 3 march 1 january 1 2024 30 december 1 november 3 october 1 september 2 august 2 july 2 june 3 may 4 april 4 march 2 february 2 january 4 2023 28 december 1 november 1 october 2 september 2 august 6 july 2 june 4 may 3 april 5 january 2 2022 20 december 1 november 2 october 1 september 1 august 2 july 2 june 1 may 1 april 3 march 2 february 2 january 2 2021 29 december 1 november 1 october 2 september 4 august 3 july 3 june 4 may 2 april 3 march 2 february 3 january 1 2020 35 december 3 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