clamping diagonal segments

[hughbie]

hey guys, i just got myself a band saw and it cuts beautiful, i've even made a sled for the table to be able to cut on the angle for segmenting......now tell me ol wise ones.....

what do you use / how do you clamp angled cuts?

any help will be better than no help at all! LOL

thanks guys

 

[turned_for_good]

I drill the blanks before cutting and glue it togather on the tube when I am done cutting.

 

[gketell]

My method: Lay down a piece of wax paper; lay your segmented pen on it; lay two slightly shorter but wider blocks on either side of your blank under the wax paper; use a couple of c-clamps to lightly but snugly press those blocks against your blank (trapping the wax paper between them and the blank); now use a long clamp to squeeze the ends of your blank for glue up. I then remove the long clamp and slightly loosen the c-clamps to slide the blank out or segments in. Very quick, very easy.

Alternative method: wax paper flat. Replace side blocks with 3/4" tall UHMW plastic on top of the wax paper. Very slightly easier.

GK

 

[R2]

Worst thing about segmenting! Little pieces,big fingers.

 

[Sylvanite]

I do much the same thing as Greg, but glue on a block of delrin, with 1/4 x 3/4 delrin strips c-clamped on the sides.

Regards,
Eric

 

[JayDevin]

what greg said....

Jay

 

[RONB]

Whar R2 said!

 

[Blind_Squirrel]

Originally posted by gketell

My method: Lay down a piece of wax paper; lay your segmented pen on it; lay two slightly shorter but wider blocks on either side of your blank under the wax paper; use a couple of c-clamps to lightly but snugly press those blocks against your blank (trapping the wax paper between them and the blank); now use a long clamp to squeeze the ends of your blank for glue up. I then remove the long clamp and slightly loosen the c-clamps to slide the blank out or segments in. Very quick, very easy.

Alternative method: wax paper flat. Replace side blocks with 3/4" tall UHMW plastic on top of the wax paper. Very slightly easier.

GK

Would you happen to have a picture of this?

 

[gketell]

I didn't, but I do now.


First with no wax paper for clarity.

Then with wax paper.

GK

 

[Rmartin]

I use CA glue for segmenting; no clamping needed. I use common copy paper. Some inserts do need clamping and for those I use spring clamps available at Lowe's or Home Depot. The small ones are less than a buck and the next size up is some where around a dollar. I bought a dozen of each. You can never have enough clamps I always say.

 

[hughbie]

thanks guys.....i get the picture now......clamps and end and side pressure.....gives me some things to think about
ya'll da bestest!

 

[jtate]

I use CA for segmented stuff too (like the ever-popular celtic rings) and I just hold them tightly together with my fingers until they are firmly stuck together. I do this because my inserts usually protrude out beyond the edges of the blanks and so it's mot very amenable to sideways clamping.


I let them cure overnight before turning.

 

[gketell]

I also use CA. But I still clamp. And since my blanks are always wider than the finished pen I make my insert pieces slightly narrower than the blank so it can clamp easily.

That is what is so fun about what we do. !000 different looks made a 1000 different ways but they all look good. Just use the method that works best for you.

GK