Is that really necessary? I just have been using a 1/2 sheet of 3/4" plywood that is pretty darn flat so that all ends of each parallel clamp rest on the same flat surface. Then in turn the bases of each clamp are paralle to this surface as is the piece being clamped.
Within reason, it doesn't matter whether this plywood top is level with the ground or not as long as all clamps fully rest on its surface...
Am I missing something?
Yep ... the quotations around the word "level" in Robert's post.
The phrase "on the same level" comes immediately to mind ...
The concrete floor in my shop is not.........uh........shall we say, "perfect". I have a 3' X 5' assembly table. It consists of an angle iron frame onto which I fastened a piece of MDO. While I don't "level" the table with respect to the earth, I do adjust the legs to take care of a corner that may be a bit low. I just want the table to be *flat*. Maybe I should explain that almost everything in my shop is moveable. (casters, etc) I can arrange tools to accommodate different activities, woodworking, metalworking, appliance repair, auto repair..........whatever the need. So the table may be in a different location depending on the task at hand.
Max
On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:17:59 -0700 (PDT), the infamous " snipped-for-privacy@aol.com" scrawled the following:
It couldn't be. I'm a racist. Lew said so.
-- "Not always right, but never uncertain." --Heinlein -=-=-
Where do you race? Me, I'm a typist. ;~)
"Leon" wrote
With a true talent and flair for typos. ;-)
"Leon" wrote in news:hOWdnXfhSNP45TDWnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:
Do you type with both hands at the same time? Then you're a stereo typist.
Puckdropper
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:25:40 -0400, the infamous "Lee Michaels" scrawled the following:
I think he INVENTED them, Lee. ;/
-- "Not always right, but never uncertain." --Heinlein -=-=-
Yeah there is that 2. ;~) I can't afford a spell checher that can read my mind yet.
I think I am a stereo pecker. ;~) Looooooooooooooooong a go I typed "good enough". My son is about 90 words per minute. He has indicated that he has never seen any one type as fast as me using only 2 left fingers and my right thumb and right 2 fingers. I'd probably type with my left thumb if it were normal length. An alteration I made on it 20 years ago left it short. ;~)
You know what they say - Measure twice, cut once ...
----------------------------------- You're married aren't you?
Lew
The description of some parallel clamps (I think they were Blessy) in one of the woodworking catalogs says that the adjustable end is tilted 1.5 degrees. Probably so that pressure equalizes along the face of the clamp when it is drawn tight.
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