Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet writes:
On 8/11/2014 8:39 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 11 Aug 2014 08:08:14 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote:

I have been commissioned to build a headboard. It is being constructed
with mahogany and is being stained with General Finishes Georgian
Cherry. The basic design will be Federal.

The main panel between the posts has to be wider than any of my clamps
capicity. I could have screwed some of my old pipe clamps together but
I still did not have enough. I needed to clamp in 4 locations a
distance almost 74", so not even my 6' clamps would work.

Any way I made my 40"+ clamps work.


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Then center piece on top was simply resting on top only being held in
place by the opposing forces of the clamps.

Bessey makes a widget that splices two parallel clamps end-to-end. It
might work for yours, if they don't have a similar widget.



I have a couple of the Bessy unions, I needed two more and more Bessey
clamps. My preference in clamps is the Orange Cabinet Masters.

I'd probably have attached a couple of 2x4's of the appropriate length
to an old sheet of plywood[*] and used wedges between the 2x4 and a caul to
clamp a wide setup like that.
[*] Or even OSB would work.