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 1: Most hardwoods will work well for clamp stock - the harder the wood the less it will wear with use. Cut all of the pieces to size as given in the Cutting List. Here's a quick method for cutting the pieces for a single clamp to size: Cut four strips 18 inches long x 1 and 5/16 inch wide from standard 13/16 inch hardwood stock. Then, plane two strips down to 5/16 inch for the jaw sides and two strips down to 7/16 inch for the long jaw centers, short jaw centers, bar and cam. Cut the pieces to length and rip the bar to a width of 1 inch. |