Book Ends

Making a pair of bookends from an all wood C clamp. The clamp looks great, but does not work well, so I thought I would use it for this and try to salvage some of the time spent making it.

[izzyswan]

Love the idea any way. It was a cool concept.

[JayBates]

That was pretty cool. Even those hard cover books were unique!

[Sebastopolmark]

This is a GREAT lesson that shows us sometimes it's not about what you finish with but what you start with.
Well Done.

[TommyGWorkshop]

It looks pretty good, I actually like it!! lol. Do you guys get together and collaborate what you guys are going to build for each week?? LMAO!!! Couple weeks ago everyone was making mallets, now this week everyone is making book ends!

[CipsWoodChips]

Clever Idea! I like it.
Thanks for sharing.

[GreenArrows]

You say it's not your best work but that doesn't matter.  You still made a creative and fun project and I enjoyed watching what you came up with. Great job John!
Brett

[SteveCarmichael]

I like 'em John, especially how there is no base under them.  the post-it note is clever.

[MarkLindsayCNC]

Hey now, hold on there, John - I like it! Perfect for part of my collection of wood working pattern books! I thought it was very clever, but I know how it is - we're often our own harshest critic. I think they're cool - glue, beat up finish, and everything.

[HenningJohansen]

Amazing coincidence - logged on today, and no less than five different book end projects. :-)  Great job as always!

[lanemoore]

Five of my subscriptions making book ends...very mysterious indeed.

[RJBWoodTurner]

Very clever idea. I like the look of the clamp book ends.

Regards,
Bob

[AverageGuyWoodworking]

Cool idea John, I like how it turned out.

[tumaluu]

Pretty smart. And very well made. I think you should be proud of it, because it looks exactly as it should. Well played.

[daveellingsen]

I winced when you ran your "C" clamp through the tablesaw, but when I saw the finished project I thought wow, what a creative way to re-purpose that piece. Nice work, thanks for the video.

[earlye]

The self-deprecation on this job is unwarranted.  The concept actually is quite clever.  I dig it.

[nguy]

I have no idea why you're being so hard on yourself - I LOVE how these turned out!  Super cool!

[DaveBardin]

Nice work my friend.
It kinda gets a grip on the situation.
I think its a great way to repurpose a project.

[mlubecke]

I love it! Totally out of the box thinking. I would love to display it with my book collection....

[cwadub]

How does John Heisz, Steve Ramsey, Jay Bates, Izzy Swan, and Frank Howarth all do bookend videos on the same day?!

[BuildiTDIYIsrael]

very cool and very creative. I really liked it.