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CABINET CLAMP [1 record]

Record 1 2006-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finish Carpentry (Wood Industries)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
DEF

a frame consisting of a long bar with two adjustable clamping jaws that is used usually in woodwork or cabinetmaking for holding large work.

OBS

Similar in principle to the G-Cramp, but with an adjustable span ranging from about 2 to 7 ft. effected by means of a bar ... along which one or both of the jaws or heads can slide.

OBS

One of the sources consulted (DIGDO-E) mentions that bar-type clamps may have their clamps mounted on a flat steel bar or on a steel pipe bar.

OBS

The terms "bar cramp" and "joiner's cramp" are both used in England.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Menuiserie (Industr. du bois)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
CONT

Les serres à barre, également appelées «serres à meubles», sont de deux types : mors montés sur tige plate en acier (longueur de 12" à 48") et mors montés sur tuyau de 1/2" à 3/4". [...] Ces serres ont des mors ajustables. L'un est muni d'une vis de serrage, l'autre glisse le long de la barre ou du tuyau pour s'ajuster particulièrement rapidement.

OBS

Pluriel : des serre-joints.

OBS

serre-joints (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

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