Parallel Clamp Panel Glue Up Joint Bridge

I make stuff.  I am a woodworker and a 3d maker.  The two worlds combine very nicely.

I wanted to glue up some really large panels to make my own workbench top.  I saw the super spendy red tool company had these really cool parallel clamp glue up bridges.  But, they were too spendy for me to consider for a single work bench top.  Although I would probably use them more, I decided I could make my own.

So, off to fusion 360 I went. 

I have combined several features I've seen on a couple of different manufacturers style of glue up bridges into these two models.

I have 2 different versions:

 

This is a simpler version without the screw down plate.  It has the same groove in it to accommodate pass through of the bar on most parallel and F style clamps.

 

The notched out groove in the center should accommodate pass through of most parallel clamps, as well as F style clamps for cross bracing your clamping pressure on larger panels.

The second version:  Second Version with screw down plate

This version has a flat plate that can be screwed to a stable work surface.  This is especially useful for doing smaller panels like cutting boards where it can get fiddly trying to get the upper and lower bridge in position with the human limitation of only 2 hands.
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