German Tool Clamps

Alliance Model Works: Movable Hinges and German Tool Clamps

Movable hinges
These are actually very easy, but require precise execution. You’ll definitely need your eye loupe on.
I have to stress this over and over. Jeweler’s eye loupe is a must. Table top magnifiers don’t have enough magnifications. Unless you want to pay few hundred dollars for a stereo microscope with a boom arm, then the single eye loupes are your best choices. They allow you to focus from a very short distance (an inch or two).

German Tool Clamps
There are actually quite a few different types of German tool clamps, and their modern clamps are also of similar designs.
As far as of WWII modelers’ concerns, there are two types . The base on one type has a C shaped end for clamping in the bar at rear of the top piece. And on the other type, the rear of top and base are folded and clamp into each other over a line of contacts.

Movable hinges

Usually we see 3 sizes of clamps. Large ones for wire cutters and the wide part of axe handles. Medium ones for shovels, hammers, etc. And of course small ones for track tool and starter cranks.
Then, there are multiple types of handle. Some longer, some shorter. The easiest ones to construct are those long handles where the 2 sets of holes are further apart, for reasons that will become apparent shortly. AM-Works products usually feature medium length handles, but multiple types are given in our German Tool Clamp Set (LW35046).

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