Ever since I made my clamps, I have been tightening/loosening them with a socket on a drill and a pair of nuts jammed together on the end of the all thread.
I thought it was high time I made some handles.
I decided to make use of a jig designed by Neil Paskin.
This is shown in the following Pask Makes video. The plans are available on his website and also from a link in the comments section of his video.
I cut the parts from 18mm plywood
and glued them together, they also have brad nails holding the parts in place.
The original design calls for M6 threaded inserts which I don’t have at present, so I decide to make use of some wood screws, just like in the original version of the jig Neil shows in his video.
I cut the patterns from 3mm plywood, these are held in place with a couple of plasterboard screws.
I also cut the various angle pieces for 5, 6 and 8 sided handles
Next I found a piece of hardwood that I could use for the backstop and cut that to shape.
I cut a bunch of 35x35mm blanks, these are slightly longer than the 110mm called for by the plans, but the piece I was cutting them from was around 250mm in length, so I just cut it in half, they still fitted in the jig.
I decided to make use of the 5 sided former and made 8 handles for my clamps.
After some sanding, I drilled a 9mm hole, added some glue and threaded them onto the M10 treaded rods.
The 8 clamps finally completed.
I have parts for another 4 clamps cut out along with some very long backs, although I may yet cut these down and instead add to my current two clamp length sets.