# clamping the shear clamp

**URL:** <https://forum.clcboats.com/t/clamping-the-shear-clamp/34482>\
**Category:** Builder's Forum\
**Created:** [September 8, 2008, 7:42am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/clamping-the-shear-clamp/34482 "2008-09-08T07:42:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frederick\_Timm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/779978/32.png) [@Frederick\_Timm](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Frederick_Timm)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 7:42am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/clamping-the-shear-clamp/34482/1 "2008-09-08T07:42:39Z")

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I just got my kit home last Thursday, and have been studying the manual, and watching the video. As assembling the Cheasapeake 18 is going to be a one-time project.&nbsp;I do not want to spend a lot of money on tools.(clamps)

Has anyone used the PVC clamps to clamp the shear clamp?

What size PVC do you need to make the clamps?

Fred

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**Author:** ![Glenn\_Witgen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@Glenn\_Witgen](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Glenn_Witgen)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/clamping-the-shear-clamp/34482/2 "2008-09-08T13:22:41Z")

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My son built a kayak in wood shop class and I didnt wont to send all my clamps,so we cut some 4" pcv pipe about 1 1/2" wide.

I am know working on a Shearwater Eider double and am using the clamps on this boat also.Have not had good luck with the cheap spring clamps. They keep breaking, I have been hit a couple on time by spring when they break.