My primary reason for abandoning LJ revolved around their treatment of Reviews with "that dreaded upgrade debacle", and I have just wasted about ½ an hour looking for my posted review about these fence clamps... only to conclude that I didn’t post one… must be still in the mail.
At least I’m about to correct that here.
The clamps come in pairs,
and have a reach of approx. 160mm (mauve),
though at full reach, there is only a few threads holding onto the arm end.
To attach, you need to drill a 8.5mm hole (or greater) into the item to be mounted and of course you need a lip on the attachment's target. That clamps business end's arm is 3/8” threaded (bloody imperial), and could be swapped out by bolts for special purposes.
As the name implies, I presume it was primarily designed to hold ZCIs and sacrificial timber to tablesaw fences (any fences) and that was my primary intention for purchase.
So bear with me for a digression into the history of my TS fence.
I initially had this “H block” for my TS fence,
which had a metal plate to permit the use of mag switches for featherboards, guides etc… it weighed a ton (ok, a few kilos less than a ton). When I discovered these fence clamps, I redesigned a face plate to replace the metal plate with a t-track,
and attached it at each end with the clamps (ignore the doppelganger imposter),
and was gruntled. I kept it that way until I bought my Jess-Em stock guide
and the height of the pace plate had to be reduced. It dawned on me that my actual fence had a “built-in” t-track,
which permitted t-bolt mounting, making the clams redundant.
I then had to find a use for them and found I could use them to clamp tool bases to my workbench,
where I previously used small F-clamps,
though through logistics, the fence were not suitable for all clamping,
This was planned for the fence,
however, it was too long for the movable cabinet underneath.
As the usage diversified, I found that my local Rockler supplier (Carba-Tec) had branded their own version of it… hence the mauve versions in the mixture.
At time of penning this (Apr 2024), these clamps were tagged "no longer available" from Rockler in Yankeeland.
I have used them to anchor (not necessarily firmly hold) larger pieces
Like this MFT styled box,
Mini workbench,
This reviews will be included in my collection of clamps series.
Thanks for looking and hope it festers imagination.
If any SketchUp gurus want to use it in their models, it is extractable from this 3DW downloadable,
Pottz commented about 1 hour ago new yeah i got a pair i use to attach a sacrificial fence to my saw fence. and your right it barely has enough threads to hold.
Just get some 9.525mm (3/8") threaded rod and tap the sacrificial fence.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
