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Desert Island Gadgets - part 5 of 1 2 3 4 5 6

Published 01/06/2014

Mike McNamee

Draper Stanley Corners

When Charlotte suggested the topic for this feature yours truly was not on the schedule. It did, however, get me thinking and so here are my thoughts. A particular lens or tripod does not quite cut it for me, the concept requires something a little out of the ordinary. We did give people a free hand and decided to run with what ever turned up, but we also promised that they could have whatever was needed to actually use the gadget - it is an imaginary desert island after all!

Mine is a simple corner clamp made by Draper Stanley (although probably no longer!) and its use requires some G-clamps, picture framing, prints, mount board, window mounts, a full complement of macro photography gear and finally a wall to hang the finished product on - not a bad inflator for a 50-pence piece of plastic, but those were the rules!

The corners of the clamp are used on their own to act as guides when dropping a window matt accurately onto a mounted picture when you only get one attempt to line things up (ie when using double sided tack tape or contact adhesive. The are clamped onto a board in the correct spot during a dry run and then used for real just once as the composite mount and window matt are secured to each other.

Next the clamps are used to make a frame and hold it together while the glue sets. In truth they are rubbish at this task, no selfrespecting framer would go near them. They might be handy for mending a saggy gate but not a lot else (see the Amazon reviews in the call out).

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