Miter clamp
{{Short description|Clamp designed to hold mitre joints together}}
Mitre clamps or miter clamps clamps are designed to hold mitre joints together.{{Cite book |last=Magazines |first=Hearst |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TeQDAAAAMBAJ&q=Mitre+clamp&pg=PA347 |title=Popular Mechanics |date=August 1931 |publisher=Hearst Magazines |pages=347 |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2011-01-14 |title=Tool Review: Miter Clamps |url=https://www.oldhouseonline.com/repairs-and-how-to/tool-review-miter-clamps/ |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=Old House Journal Magazine |language=en-us}}{{Cite book |last=Hasluck |first=Paul N. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AjZ-EvlC38MC&dq=what+is+a+Mitre+clamp&pg=PA209 |title=The Handyman's Guide: Essential Woodworking Tools and Techniques |date=2011-02-08 |publisher=Skyhorse Publishing Inc. |isbn=978-1-60239-173-4 |pages=208–209 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Hasluck |first=Paul N. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VRD8DwAAQBAJ&dq=what+is+a+Mitre+clamp&pg=PT399 |title=The Handyman's Book of Tools, Materials, and Processes Employed in Woodworking |date=2020-08-06 |publisher=Read Books Ltd |isbn=978-1-5287-6652-4 |pages=PT399 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Hasluck |first=Paul N. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HyyCDwAAQBAJ&dq=what+is+a+Mitre+clamp&pg=PT332 |title=Working with Hand Tools: Essential Techniques for Woodworking |date=2014-10-28 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-63220-197-3 |pages=PT332 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Hasluck |first=Paul N. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zLfyDwAAQBAJ&dq=what+is+a+Mitre+clamp&pg=PT447 |title=Woodwork for Beginners: With Instructions and Illustrations on Basic Woodworking Skills, Including Information on Tools, Timber and Simple Joints - The Handyman's Book of Woodworking |date=2020-07-14 |publisher=Read Books Ltd |isbn=978-1-5287-6665-4 |pages=PT447 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Media |first=New Track |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oPYDAAAAMBAJ&q=Miter+clamp&pg=PA16 |title=American Woodworker |date=1996 |publisher=New Track Media |pages=16 |language=en}}
History
The earliest mitre clamps are a simple spring in a C-shape with sharpened points that are sprung onto the outside corner of the mitre joint.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}
In a later design, right angled plates are higher than the screws and the holder.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}} The screws go under the frame (work-piece) to be held, and the bit clamps down on the lower-edge of the frame.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}
Recent designs are more complicated; a rigid body holds one fixed and one moveable jaw activated by a cam.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}} An example of newer clamps is Jim Chestnut's Clam Clamp.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jlconline.com/tools/fastening-tools/power-tools/jim-chestnut-cuts-quicker-with-the-clam-clamp_o|title=Jim Chestnut Cuts Quicker With the Clam Clamp | JLC Online}}
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