Bridge for use with woodworking clamps and method of use
AssigneeWoodpeckers, LLC
InventorWayne Sherman
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Abstract
A woodworking bridge has two base walls or components that enable the bridge to span an abutment or joint between two work pieces. A top surface enables a clamp to engage the bridge to permit the clamp to apply a clamping force to a first work piece and a second work piece on both sides of the joint and prevent the clamp from contacting the joint. This allows any adhesive that oozes from the joint to be cleaned without curing in the top surface and/or the bottom surface of the two work pieces. The work pieces may then be stained without any cured adhesive in the pores of the work pieces where stain is applied.
Claims20
A woodworking bridge comprising:
- a first surface to engage a first work piece;
- a second surface to engage a second work piece, wherein the first surface and the second surface are spaced apart and coplanar with each other, and wherein the first work piece and the second work piece are configured to abut each other at a joint;
- a wall that spans the joint between the first surface and the second surface, wherein the joint is positioned in a space defined below the wall;
- and
- a top surface to engage a clamp wherein the woodworking bridge permits the clamp to apply a clamping force to the first work piece and the second work piece on both sides of the joint and prevent the clamp from contacting the joint and the woodworking bridge is adapted to not contact any glue or adhesive that oozes from the joint between the first work piece and the second work piece.
A method for a woodworking bridge, the method comprising:
- applying glue or adhesive at a joint between two work pieces;
- spanning a woodworking bridge over and across the joint without the woodworking bridge touching the joint;
- and
- clamping the woodworking bridge to the two work pieces with a clamp, wherein clamping the woodworking bridge includes:
- effecting a first compression force component to be transferred from the clamp to a first bottom base wall of the woodworking bridge;
- effecting a second compression force component to be transferred from the clamp to a second bottom base wall of the woodworking bridge;
- and
- effecting a tension force component to extend between the first bottom base wall and the second bottom base wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.