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C-Clamps? 25 Other Clamps They Don't Want You To Know About...
Instructables ^ | 8-21-14 | RobbGodshaw

Posted on 08/21/2014 3:04:53 PM PDT by fishtank

This set of Alphaclamps is an exploration of tools and their form. From the I-beam to the C-clamp, the latin letterforms seem to have a chicken-egg relationship with the letter-shaped tools that bear their name. Is the C the basis for design, or simply a descriptor of the form? Curious about how the other letters would work as tools, I set out to explore the mechanical utility of the forsaken letters of our alphabet.


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: clamps
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To: fishtank

Cool site!


21 posted on 08/21/2014 4:32:22 PM PDT by expat1000 ("If you're explaining, you're losing." Ronald Reagan)
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To: fishtank

By far the most used “Letter Tool” I have in my inventory is the F-Bomb. though lately, with what goes on in Ferguson, the N-bomb is seeing some use.


22 posted on 08/21/2014 4:33:20 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: fishtank

K-pop


23 posted on 08/21/2014 4:35:27 PM PDT by HandyDandy (Started out with Burgundy but soon hit the harder stuff....)
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To: fishtank

Y-pipe
Y-adapter
Y-cable


24 posted on 08/21/2014 4:41:01 PM PDT by HandyDandy (Started out with Burgundy but soon hit the harder stuff....)
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To: HandyDandy

Y-knot?


25 posted on 08/21/2014 4:50:28 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: fishtank; Lazamataz

I think Laz’s list would go something like this:

AAA-cup (why bother?)
AA-cup
A-cup
B-cup
C-cup
D-cup
DD-cup
E-cup
F-cup
G-cup
H-cup


26 posted on 08/21/2014 4:52:25 PM PDT by Sparticus (Tar and feathers for the next dumb@ss Republican that uses the word bipartisanship.)
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To: TheZMan; xsmommy; tioga; neverdem; narses; MHGinTN

Excellent!

But (and you knew a “but” was coming, didn’t you?) 8<)

B-day rather than B-Tree.
MTV rather than M-disc.


27 posted on 08/21/2014 5:07:52 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: fishtank

D-cell


28 posted on 08/21/2014 5:18:11 PM PDT by HandyDandy (Started out with Burgundy but soon hit the harder stuff....)
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To: fishtank

A-frame, j-hook and a useful tool called KY-jelley.


29 posted on 08/21/2014 5:23:36 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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To: fishtank

C-Major
F-Minor
B-Flat


30 posted on 08/21/2014 5:34:12 PM PDT by HandyDandy (Started out with Burgundy but soon hit the harder stuff....)
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To: TheZMan

Reverse the rule.

Brand-X
Type-A


31 posted on 08/21/2014 6:41:29 PM PDT by GRRRRR (He'll NEVER be my President, FUBO! Treason is the Reason! Impeach the Kenyan)
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"AAA-cup (why bother?)"

Because that demographic needs love too!

32 posted on 08/22/2014 12:50:59 PM PDT by T-Bone Texan
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