Make a wooden clamp, effective and simple to make. 

I built this vice yesterday using your instructions. I couldn't be happier with the results!!! A quick easy build that cost next to nothing. Thank-you for making this video and keep up the great work!!

Thank you Jack. That is a clever little clamp.

jack you never cease to amaze me with your woodworking,that trick with the dowel for the glue to hold great

This is fab and I can see how one could customize the concept for dozens of different applications for different projects. And every time I watch a pro like you do even something "basic", as part of the process for making something like this, I learn something. Thanks Jack! Don't stop.....

Thanks Jack. It don't get much easier than that. Dave

!!!.NOW.!!! I have a proper use for my stock of near petrified true size 2x4 lumber that I saved from a very old house rehab. Modern lumber will be too flexible. OODLES of THANK YOOOUS for this inspiration Jack.

the wooden vise it's so simple and light nothing too complicated those are the best tools thanks for idea and great video keep up the good work

The beauty is in the simplicity. Thanks for making this video, I will absolutely be making at least one of these!

You never stop learning - loved the file trick treatment of the dowels. Thank you!!

Ha, I first thought you built it like I did mine, it looked so similar. I only remembered a "vise" like that from school. Same with the angle block for a hand saw and the spread block clamp. These simple tools are the best! Well done.

Jack...Great simple and easily made clamp! You can NEVER EVER have enough clamps and your's is one of the best I've seen plus you can make several of these for the price of one 'box store' bought, plus they are lighter and probably last longer too! Thanks for sharing and safe turning and carving to you!!!

I saw this a while back, and liked it. Then, I started looking at other ideas by other sites, and I lost who did this! I found it again today, and I love the idea of the double dowels for a cross piece for the clamp, and will be making several soon (in different lengths) as they are just so much beefier and easier to truly hold the object to be clamped than I would feel using one with a single dowel. I also like using the eye bolt, as this is certainly strong enough, and does not require the step of working with epoxy to make a nicer handle, but not one that really adds to the usefulness of a shop tool. Thanks for you ideas, and I know you enjoy what you do.

I made a version of this Jack. Mine is around 3 and a half feet long and I use it to assemble molds I make. I cannot imagine not having it now. I guess mine is four or five months old. I hang it up over head with a pulley so when I need it all I have to do is let it down. Thanks for making my life easier.

Very clever. English is not my native language and the way and pace at how you explain everything is much appreciated by me and I´m sure for many more whose native language is not English. Thank you Jack.

I am watching and I am relaxed and ...........I wonder what I will be after making it, may be jumping with joy....very good workmanship, thanks for making me happy.

Thank you Mr.Jack for your great ideas and I respect your strong will . Your smile in the picture is promising , we need it on the video .

This video just gave me a "DUH" moment. Something so simple and useful. I've been eyeballing drill press vises and just can't justify the price for good one. But I can build one for under $10 or so now. Knurling the dowels is a great technique too. Thanks.

Clever idea, I may make that soon as a quick weekend project.

Brilliant, simple & elegant. I am going to make a number of these!

Nice clamp and I'm sure it could be made as long as desired. Good one and thanks!

Know I know why I haven’t made my drill press vise yet. I was waiting to see your video. Now I can go out and make it.

Thank you very much Jack!! It appears that you have some limitation with working with your hands and it probably comes much easier for others. As a middle aged man with R.A. myself, I find your video an inspiration as I tool like to do woodworking. Great Stuff!!

well over a million views on a simple wood vice. that's so impressive i bet you never thought that "wood" happen. i like the vice.

Pretty clever, Jack. Now, I am going to have to make a four foot model of this.

Simple, easy to make and very nice design. Way to go woodworker.

Hi Jack there is always room in the workshop for another clamp and this will be my project for next weekend, great trick with the file so simple you just know its going to be useful, best regards Mark

Great addition to the workshop. Fantastic job! Thank you

i just made 2 of these out of 2x4 and they work great .i needed longer ones .they hold plenty of pressure thanks man

I like your initiative. It's very simple and easy to make. I will do one for myself. Thank you for your sharing this clip to people.

Very nice and simple. This design would even be pretty easy to make out of steel.

great clamp, I like your tip on roughing up the dowels to hold glue. Great idea, thanks!

This is awesome!!! I have been needing a good clamp/vise. I will definitely try to make one! And the way you used the rasp on the dowels is definitely what I would consider to be a "Pro Tip"! I will be doing that to all the dowels I need to glue from now on. Thanks!!!

Thanks mister Jack, his videos are really good. raffaele from Parma.

Great build! I love shop made clamps and I'm a fan of using eye bolts. Thanks!

Thank you, I have been scratching my head on how to hold my blanks for the scroll saw chess set I'm about to tackle and this is perfect. Subscribed!

"...Like I need another clamp". LOL, you never have too many clamps! Thanks for the great idea - I'll have to make one of those too. :-)

Please keep your videos coming. Wonderful stuff mate!

Thank you, I was looking a model of clamps because I need one in my little workshop and these model is perfect. I plan to do 3 like yours but using different measures to have variety.

Your ideas are great and keep me busy in the shop.....THANKS again

This is a great idea, now I can solve my clamp problem, or the lac of. I needed to get clampes, but they can get pretty costly. I don't need to hold up any thing heavy so they would work very nice, thanks for making this video.

Nice clamp, very neat job too. thanks for sharing your design.

cool clamp jack keep it up jamaican guy

You were right simple and effective. Nice clear instructions too. Also I really liked your wood knurling trick with the rasp!

Absolutely love this one! I can see making several of the m and using in place of some bar clamps for larger projects! Thanks Jack, great video as always!

Very good. Your roughing up the dowel with a file is an excellent idea.

Jack, I really liked your video. Very easy to do. Thanks ! Claudio Chaves - Brazil

Good video, Jack I going to make myself one. Two thumbs up.

WOW..so simple and easy..Great project I will be making this in different sizes!!!!!!

Great video and the instructions are perfect!! When I get those sqeaks, I put a little Johnson's wax on the thread. Stops the squeak and reduces wear. I'm very impressed with the quality of your video, the sound, the lighting, the angles, the works. Nice project too.

Good idea. I think that would work if or frames and boxes as well if you were to put mitred corners in place of the straight blocks. No limit to the length you can make them too. Thanks for the idea. Your saving people money now. I like that!!!

most of my clamps are either too large or too small for current projects. your idea is going to work great for the small boxes im making. simple yet great build! gonna get me a pair of those this weekend. thanks for the upload

I love this design its great Jack thank you sooo much. I made 2 of these from 4 pieces od 9 mm plywood and they can clamp piece thats 80cm long and they perform great. Thank you so much.

Congratulations on the project. I live in Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, watch all your videos. With your permission I will copy that your project. Wayner

Hi, Jack. Loved the video. The simple, no frills designs are always the best. Going to attempt a larger modified version of this for gluing up reclaimed pallet wood sign blanks. Subscribed!

Great job Jack!! I dissected this video and I will be making several of these in Longer Version. Thanks for the step-by-step.

Love it! Simple but effective..Simple always works for me!

Really nice vice thanks for posting that idea. I also have most the vices you have - and yes they all have thier drawbacks. This vice with moveable jaws is the same they have for some machine shop vices that are not well known, but the same principle. It's like a miniture work bench! Again great job - I think now I will build one also.

Great little clamp and easy to make. Thanks for the video Jack, Roland

Great wooden vice, jack!

Jack...I enjoyed the jigs and gadgets you make...keep up the excellent work

Simple but effective, nice job!

As usual, simple but great idea! I built two ot them (a little and a bigger) and both are working like a charm ! Great thanks for the excellent idea Jack ! Greetings from Belgium :-)

smart idea jack . only thing i would do add a piece of wood to the handle to make it more comfortable to turn by hand . nice job , prob going to make this

Very effective, I'm going to make one of these, thanks Jack.

Thank you for your video, I'm going to make a couple of these as they can be very handy to have 👍

GREAT idea . unlimited sizes can be made .these are going to replace my vener press method ,and thank you,

I wish I could think outside the box like you, of to the shed to make one. Jonesy , North Wales

Hi Jack, excellent, simple, and so accessible. Great video, like your non pushy presentation. New sub. Looking forward to more.

Thanks Jack, exactly what i needed...your idea will help a lot.

Once again, nicely done!

You are wonderful, my friend JACK

Nice practical and inexpensive idea, i will tray it Thanks !!!!

Great ingenuity!

Anche se non so molto bene l'inglese i tuoi video parlano da soli..... è da un po' che di seguo e mi sei stato di grande ispirazione .... grazie moltissime per la condivisione di tutto ciò !!!

Love the clamp great idea with my hands getting worse with the arthritis I can see using this clamp in the future a lot easier for me 😹 as for the squeaking a bit of candle wax should solve that problem or even WD40😹😹😹 Thanks for showing the making and use of the clamp I know it's solved a few problems I have been facing so it only means that you have solved quite a number of people's lives with this clampkeep the great ideas coming 😹🤗

That is fantastic, and something that I reckon I could make. Thanks.

Hi Jack, Good project for practical solution to the problems that you described. Good video and thanks for the good idea. Regards Colin Farrier Big Jig from Larne

Nice. I'm going to make this at the weekend. I just had to buy a threaded rod for £1. Thanks for posting.

nice work, I'm going to give this a try and make different sizes for my shop

Jack, you're very handy despite your hands. Good job! ;-)

Very good idea! Great job! thanks to this video I made similar...much bigger clamp by solid wood! Once again-Thank you!

Awesome idea! Thanks Jack.

Thats what I was looking for, simple and good clamp, the other videos is more complicated..

this looks like the clamp I need to turn my Kreg Jr. into a Kreg 5.... they have a nice clamp permanently affixed to the base of their drill 'guides' that I don't have and I can see this screwed to the same base I have the Kreg attached to..... it would give me the variability needed for holding different thicknesses of wood... I think all I would need to do is to remove the end block as my wood would serve as the 'stop block'.... thanks so much for the details, this is totally doable and way more cost efficient....

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just TOOOOOO damned simple. It's just got to work!

Nicely done Jack.

Jack Monkeyhand Houweling. Love your vids! everytime a pleasure to watch em.

Very nice! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and design. I will be adding this to my get-r-done list.

great video Jack, I'll definatly make one of these , awesome idea

Caro Jack, Uma ótima ideia! Muito obrigado pela generosidade. Marcelo - Br

Very cool idea and well done, I loved the "knurling the dovel" technique thanks for sharing this and have a good one :)

That is such a good idea.... we got some eye bolts today, I'll be making some of these asap :) although a bit longer to use as bar clamps. Keep up the good work, love you're videos :D

A good hands-on vid of a neat idea. Thanks.

Great idea for a handy clamp. I'll have to make one of these. Thanks.

Hey Jack, greetings from the uk :) , I enjoy your video's, always learn something new, in this case - knurling the dowels with a rasp to improve adhesion !, excellent idea, saves time trying to groove em with a hacksaw blade (weakening them in the process). informative enjoyable video's. Thanks...more please :) take care. K

To get rid of the squeek, consider rubbing some bee's wax on the threads. It lasts for years, makes no mess, and doesn't attract dust or dirt.

Fantástico Jack !!!!!!!!! Um abraço do Brasil !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice little project, will make some of these. Thanks so much.

Thanks for this briliant idea!!! Great job

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