When you need to hold two pieces of material together during assembly, a spring clamp is an alternative to a screw clamp. Spring clamps have a scissors-like action. The padded jaws open when you ...

Part of that is probably because we’ve gotten so good at making them that they’re seen as cheap commodities, but the physics and engineering behind the screw thread is interesting stuff.

Use a corner-angle clamp to position corners precisely while you glue and screw. Use ratcheting clamps along with a right ...