# I need a double-sided clipboard **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269 "2019-08-26T16:20:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/1 "2019-08-26T16:20:11Z")
I am looking for a double-sided clipboard-a simple fiberboard or plastic board with a clip at the top of _both_ sides. No compartments, no folding, no built-in calculator, no metal or plastic box with a clip attached somewhere-just a simple board with a clip at the top on both sides. No suggestions of “Just glue two clipboards back-to-back!” please. Been there, done that, too damn bulky/awkward. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/2 "2019-08-26T16:30:08Z")
Get a clip board. Standard one. Add 2 bulldog clips on either side of the clip on the board ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/3 "2019-08-26T16:39:02Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Get a clip board. Standard one. Add 2 bulldog clips on either side of the clip on the board I’ve tried that, but when those clips get jostled they tend to move and rip the paper. I would like a board with longer clips attached to the board on each side. And no “dry erase” boards, please. Just a board I can clip sheets of paper to on each side. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/4 "2019-08-26T16:39:20Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Get a clip board. Standard one. Add 2 bulldog clips on either side of the clip on the board Heh. That’s actually a decent idea. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/5 "2019-08-26T16:45:04Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Heh. That’s actually a decent idea. I thought so.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/6 "2019-08-26T16:45:41Z")
Sadly, I think [this is A4 sized](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dexas-Clipcase-Storage-Organizer-Yellow/dp/B00ZR2H4UA/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_196_t_0/258-4002517-7698560?_encoding=UTF8&refRID=SFVPMJN360TGTF43Y3NA&th=1), but it’s getting close. If you go to the second photo you’ll see that both the top and the inside have paper clips. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/7 "2019-08-26T16:49:33Z")
[A4 again.](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Clipboard-Conference-Professional-Presentation-Paperwork/dp/B07CXK7C2F/ref=sr_1_16?keywords=contracts+files&qid=1566838115&s=officeproduct&sr=1-16) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/8 "2019-08-26T16:50:56Z")
I think your best bet is going to be kluging one together yourself. Take two clipboards. Drill out the attachment points for the clip on each. Attach the clips to one board back-to-back using the same mounting hardware, probably a couple of rivets. File any raised spots and Robert’s your mother’s brother. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/9 "2019-08-26T16:55:14Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > [A4 again.](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Clipboard-Conference-Professional-Presentation-Paperwork/dp/B07CXK7C2F/ref=sr_1_16?keywords=contracts+files&qid=1566838115&s=officeproduct&sr=1-16) Please re-read the OP. ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/10 "2019-08-26T16:56:05Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I think your best bet is going to be kluging one together yourself. Take two clipboards. Drill out the attachment points for the clip on each. Attach the clips to one board back-to-back using the same mounting hardware, probably a couple of rivets. File any raised spots and Robert’s your mother’s brother. This would probably work. In this case, you’re not gluing two clipboards together. You’re taking the _clip_ of one and attaching it to the backside of the other. There will only be one board. You may need to have a big rubber band or something at the bottom to hold the papers up to the clipboard when they are on the underside. I think the need is so rare that you’ll have to rig something up yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/11 "2019-08-26T16:56:14Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I think your best bet is going to be kluging one together yourself. Take two clipboards. Drill out the attachment points for the clip on each. Attach the clips to one board back-to-back using the same mounting hardware, probably a couple of rivets. File any raised spots and Robert’s your mother’s brother. Please re-read the OP. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/12 "2019-08-26T16:56:59Z")
[Smead’s custom division](https://www.smead.com/Director.aspx?NodeId=984) could almost certainly make that for you. Do you need at least 100 of them? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/13 "2019-08-26T16:59:59Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > [Smead’s custom division](https://www.smead.com/Director.aspx?NodeId=984) could almost certainly make that for you. Do you need at least 100 of them? No, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/14 "2019-08-26T17:00:39Z")
[What about this?](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002UXREKE/ref=psdc_1069770_t1_B07CWBFJZ9) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/15 "2019-08-26T17:04:41Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > [What about this?](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002UXREKE/ref=psdc_1069770_t1_B07CWBFJZ9) I want that just so I can be called a ‘creative’ ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/16 "2019-08-26T17:04:44Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > [What about this?](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002UXREKE/ref=psdc_1069770_t1_B07CWBFJZ9) No, thank you-I don’t need a sketchboard. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/17 "2019-08-26T17:07:35Z")
Dismantle the proper clip from a second clipboard and fasten it to the back of the first one? ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/18 "2019-08-26T17:17:21Z")
OK, well, your frustration is justified - that doesn’t seem to exist OTS. [These guys](https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Custom-made-Factory-double-side-clip_60562781035.html?spm=a2700.7724857.normalList.84.186e27b46DedXw)look like your best choice to OEM them cheaply, I’m guessing about $1.50 ea and two months. They have a 50 piece minimum, that’s the smallest I see. If you have the ability to rivet them yourself then parts [can be found here.](https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Promotional-110mm-metal-clipboard-clip-parts_62163160986.html?spm=a2700.7724838.2017115.14.50823862hMdrcr) ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/19 "2019-08-26T17:19:00Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I want that just so I can be called a ‘creative’ If you are _not_ a creative, then I don’t want to meet one. ROFL! ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/20 "2019-08-26T17:20:44Z")
One thing that might be easier than riveting and wouldn’t be as bulky as gluing two clipboards is to just cut the top of one clipboard and glue it to the backside. So cut off maybe 3" of the top of one clipboard. When you glue them together, then only the top few inches is double thickness. The bottom part, where you hold onto it, will just be single thickness. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269.md?page=2)