Re: Off Topic But A Good Deal: Plano Glue Press with 8 ft capacity for $200 in Colorado Springs

2012-10-22 Thread stormin...@snet.net
I agree with Bill, time is money. I do alot of glue ups and I often use biscuits for alignment. The time it takes to cut the biscuit slots, get the clamps ready, do a dry run and then hope everything is properly aligned is time consuming. These verticle clamping vises are the ticket to

Re: Off Topic But A Good Deal: Plano Glue Press with 8 ft capacity for $200 in Colorado Springs

2012-10-22 Thread curt george
Hello Norm. Did I miss something? What is this clamp or glue press, you are talking about? . Time is money, and I too have some neat tricks THAT I use while doing glue ups. many are as easy as using a kitchen spatchula to spread glue,instead of using a brush.(any, dollar store has them,find some

Re: Off Topic But A Good Deal: Plano Glue Press with 8 ft capacity for $200 in Colorado Springs

2012-10-20 Thread Bill Bulkeley
Im taking very good care of her she is getting a face lift and an increase in length when i get some long leadscrews in waiting for she had a very long and bumpy ride to get all the way here to me with bits falling out of the broken box but she is happily sitting in my temporary workshop Bill

Re: Off Topic But A Good Deal: Plano Glue Press with 8 ft capacity for $200 in Colorado Springs

2012-10-20 Thread Bill Bulkeley
these PLANO Glue Press clamps look and seem to work great by what i see on the internet but a bit expensive im seeing like $200 a clamp and you would need at least 4 of them $800 is a awful lot of money for some clamps wouldn't 4 sash clamps and 8 pieces of square metal tubing with holes drilled

Re: Off Topic But A Good Deal: Plano Glue Press with 8 ft capacity for $200 in Colorado Springs

2012-10-20 Thread Louis Brown
Bill, The price per clamp is about $125 per clamp depending on the size. As is usually the case you can make something that works as good yourself--if you have the skills and time. I am finding that when you are doing one of something, it is probably not worth the money if you are not certain

Re: Off Topic But A Good Deal: Plano Glue Press with 8 ft capacity for $200 in Colorado Springs

2012-10-19 Thread hooligan
here is a youtube link for a plano glue press: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2knWdkGh7M aussieman hows that new legacy working out for you? Is SHE crying and wanting to come back home to me? --