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That $6 clamp saved my woodworking project after I messed up the cut

I was building a bookshelf last week and my miter saw cut was off by 3 degrees, ruining the joint. Instead of scrapping the board, I grabbed a cheap squeeze clamp from Harbor Freight and used it to pull the pieces straight while the glue dried, and it actually lined up perfect. Has anyone else fixed a bad cut with a simple trick like that?

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sethb453mo ago

Real woodworkers know clamps fix more screwups than they DO actual joins.

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juliagonzalez3mo ago

Clamps are basically the duct tape of the woodshop honestly. They hide my worst mistakes from glue ups that shifted to cuts that were just a hair off. I've got a pile of them and every single one has saved a project that was about to become firewood. The best feeling is cranking one down and watching that gap disappear like it never happened. Without clamps half my stuff would be scrap within the first ten minutes. They're the real heroes of the workshop for sure.

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