Handy Planking Clamp

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Hi All

 

At the moment I'm planking a steam tug and came across a problem that I needed to solve.  Just around the prop shaft the hull has a depression in it and no matter how a bent the planks,  I could not get them to sit tight against the first layer of planking.  The planks needed to be pushed into the hollow and my usual clamps just would not do this.  So I made a simple clamp using a toggle clamp - Its fixed to two pieces of 1/8 thick brass which is then fixed to the bulkheads.  It gives a nice gentle push down and solved my problem so I thought I would share it on here.  I hope this helps someone else