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   KiddervilleAcres | Feb 12, 2008 08:07pm | #1

   Steve,

   Wouldn't it be easier/less expensive just to buy some?  Woodcraft is selling 12" handscrems for $23 ea.

   Regards,

   Bob @ Kidderville Acres

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

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   KiddervilleAcres | Feb 12, 2008 08:27pm | #3

   Steve,

   Well, went to Woodcraft for another look and found this: http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?FamilyID=4386 for $17.99.

   In the Closeout ( http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=318 ) they have 'em for $22.87!

   Go figure!

   Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

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   saschafer | Feb 12, 2008 08:31pm | #4

   Easier? Sure. Less expensive? Hard to say--it depends on how much the hardware costs. I just happen to have a source of inexpensive 10/4 straight-grained beech.

   -Steve

    

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   bill5335 | Feb 12, 2008 08:24pm | #2

   I bought some about 20 years ago. I felt it was a waste of time and money tok build my own.

    

    

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   nazard | Feb 12, 2008 09:58pm | #5

   Steve,

   Go to the Jorgensen company website,  I think it is "Adjustable Clamp Co."  They used to sell handscrew kits.

   Best!

   -Jerry

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   saschafer | Feb 12, 2008 10:23pm | #6

   Thanks. Their website isn't responding right now, but you gave me an idea: Instead of searching on "handscrew hardware," I tried "handscrew kit," and got lots of hits. There are some frighteningly inexpensive ones sold by Grizzly et al. (available via Amazon.com--only one middling review), as well as some more expensive ones available from Woodworker's Supply that are supposed to be the "same" as the ones in the Jorgensen clamps. I don't know if "same" means "identical" or "equivalent."

   -Steve

    

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   SkippyV | Feb 12, 2008 10:53pm | #8

   Never used these from Rockler, so I can't speak to their quality, but the price looks right.

   http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?Offerings_ID=18917

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   saschafer | Feb 12, 2008 11:07pm | #9

   Those wouldn't allow me to use the aforementioned 10/4 beech that I have such a plentiful supply of. ;-)

   -Steve

    

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   BG | Feb 13, 2008 04:53am | #11

   saschafer,Perhaps a bit more innovation...if you could buy threaded rod that worked.. and.. http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=367
   What o you think?

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   saschafer | Feb 13, 2008 06:34am | #12

   Handscrews rods aren't just threaded--the two ends are threaded in opposite directions, left-handed on one end and right-handed on the other.

   -Steve

    

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   BG | Feb 13, 2008 01:06pm | #13

   Ahhh...there's the rub, thanks for clarifing

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   Wingdoctor | Feb 12, 2008 10:51pm | #7

   Grizzly has them in their catalog or online through their Amazon outlet.

   Bruce

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   troys | Feb 12, 2008 11:42pm | #10

   Jorgensen used to make hand screw kits that had the screws and hardware and you supplied the wood. I bought a few at a woodworking show. They showed them on the Jorgensen website but gave know details so I don't know if they still make them. I liked the idea because I could use up scrap wood to make more clamps. You also might try e-bay they often have various brands of handscrews at some pretty good prices.

   Thanks

   Troy

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   roy.unit8c | Dec 15, 2021 10:14am | #14

   I recently bought some kits at Taylor Tools. The instructions recommend use of a drill press which I do not have. I used a brace and bit for the holes drilled through the face, drilling from the reverse side once the bit screw just poked through (to reduce tearout). I used a power drill and a 15 degree wedge to drill the inside, angled holes for the threaded rods (I clamped the pieces on top of the wedge and bench.). It worked okay. After epoxying the hand grips, I wonder if it is really necessay to drill through the ferrule to drive the pins that came with the kit? It seems like the drill bit will just run into the threaded rod. I don't see how the ferrule can go anywhere and seems tight now.

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   jim_hall | Dec 15, 2021 11:58am | #15

   Here's a link to the kits..

   https://taytools.com/products/copy-of-wooden-hand-screw-clamps-for-woodworking-2?variant=39382338895959

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   Loxmyth | Dec 15, 2021 05:06pm | #18

   Pin would provide backup if the threaded rod ever tried to un-thread itself from the epoxy, and take some of the strain to discourage that from happening in the first place. But I guess you could wait for the epoxy joint to fail, if it ever does, and pin it then as repair...

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   roy.unit8c | Dec 15, 2021 05:17pm | #19

   Thank you Loxmyth.

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   _mj_ | Dec 15, 2021 12:57pm | #16

   This thread is from 2008.

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   Deleted | Dec 15, 2021 02:50pm | #17

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