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Rubber Band Alternative

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I was getting a bit frustrated putting band clamps around a finger joint box using a set of Rockler Box Joint Cauls. I held the cauls loosely in place with one hand bar clamps. Then instead of a rubber band to hold them in place while securing the band clamps I used a narrow length of Velcro. It was enough tension to hold the clamps in place with the added advantage that I don't need a specific length and the Velcro doesn't rot over time (sometimes it is a couple years before another box is made) as a rubber band does.

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Latest Project - Murphy Bed

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Latest project was a Murphy bed for our office. OK - maybe not fine furniture, but we need a spare bed (for guests) and sofa beds (IMO) are just not comfortable.

I used the Create-a Bed kit from Rockler. Build was pretty straightforward (I made a few modifications to the plans). Involves a fair amount of 4x8 sheet goods - so t was a bit of a challenge for my small shop.


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