Posted By ecornwall on 05-09-2010 11:09 AM 
I may even buy some clamps that don't scar up the pipe.

In my experience, the only pipe clamps that don't scar the pipe, don't grip it that good either.  The ones I have seen, and used that didn't scar the pipe had plates that sat at an angle to the pipe that ran through them.  To move the clamp, you push on the plate to move it from about a 45* angle to a 90* angle to the pipe.  These seem to work well when new, but when they wear a bit, they tend to slip if too much pressure is applied.  I use the clamps with cams that grip the pipe.  The tighter you tighten the clamp, the better it holds.  This does scar the pipe some, but a little work with a file occasionally will smooth out any scars. If the pipe is going to touch the workpiece, I use a little shim to seperate the pipe and the workpiece.  Never marked a project by using my pipe clamps, even when there was some scarring on the pipes. 

Dewey

Asmall few is very deweable!!!!  No its still the same project from a long time ago.  I recently got the wheels in and lifters so it was time to glue the face frames on.

Steve

Dewey,

It's actually poplar with 2 coats of cherry stain and 3 coats of poly-acrylic.  Will be a while to post.  Still have some bugs to work out on the grinder drop down set-up.