I received an email earlier today from Ned Dykes showing the hand-screw clamps he's made after reading my article on the subject published in American Woodworker Magazine. His photo and comments are published here with his permission.

- I just wanted to say thanks for your article on making these hand-screws. I had a great learning experience starting with repurposing the wood billets that the clamps are resting against (in the photo). These were supposedly used as foundation cribbing some 50+ years ago and I bought about 200 pieces at an estate sale. I think it might be ash? The dowels are purchased hard maple (no lathe yet!) and the handles are formed from pieces of 2-by leftover construction lumber from the shop build. Bottom line ... these work great and I plan to make more because they are so useful. So, thanks again for the great instructions and photos. And, I've enjoyed looking around your web site. Not up to making chairs yet, but I did repair an old one that is still "sitting" well!

Great job! Its always wonderful to hear from anyone who has read one of my articles, and its even better when they've been inspired to make their own interpretation of the published project.