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DIY Clamps
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Introduction
I've been spending a lot of time recently scheming DIY clamping options for my CNC machine. After posting the first set of clamps as a project (b...
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Simple Cam Clamps
The Sea-N-Sea clamps worked great, but they had some downsides: • Multi-part assembly - not complicated, but they take time to knock out. • With th...
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Cam/Plunger Clamp
One of the things I really like about the Sea-N-Sea clamp is that its clamping pad pushes against the work instead of the cam so there's no tendenc...
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Cam/Plunger Clamp (rev. 2)
The previous plunger clamp functioned great, but it seemed a bit wide for what it needed to do. For rev. 2, I slimmed it down. Instead of the sli...
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Cam/Plunger Clamp (rev. 2a)
Yesterday evening, I cut out the parts for the long version of the clamps and got one assembled. [20230324-IMG_7799.jpg] On the first test, the t...
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Custom T-bolts and knobs
One challenge of fastening to the aluminum channel is that it doesn't work well with regular t-track bolts, which can spin freely in the channel. ...
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Wing knob refinement
The wing knobs and T-bolts from the last post were working well for the cam clamps, but one thing I thought would make them better is if I could in...
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