Went from clamping drawer boxes with pipe clamps to using a custom caul setup overnight

Was building 12 kitchen drawers last weekend and fighting with pipe clamps for hours like I always have. My shop mate walked over, tossed me a set of perfectly sized wood cauls he made for his own stuff, and said 'try these instead of fighting that pipe.' After 3 tries I got the hang of it and cut my clamping time in half easy. Anyone else had a simple jig totally change their workflow on a basic task?

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tarag2814d ago

Hate to be that guy but I went back to pipe clamps after trying cauls for a week. Found myself spending more time dialing in the caul pressure than just cinching down a pipe clamp. Maybe my technique sucked but pipe clamps just work for me.

jordan_young14d ago

Ngl, sounds like you got tired of playing woodworking chess and went back to checkers.