Easy Low Profile Side Clamps For The Milling Machine

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Free E-drawing Link : imgur.com/a/dIIQWqd
G'day everyone,
In an upcoming video I will be machining a part directly on the mill table. To do this I will need a way to hold the part down. Traditional strap clamps will not be suitable as they don't allow you top machine the top surface in one pass.
Toe clamps are a common way to clamp parts on the side, but they require a lot of machining to make. So solve this issue, I have come up with my own simple table clamp design. i hope you enjoy the video.
cheers
Timestamps
0:00 - Design Challenge
1:30 - Machining The Clamp
5:38 - Testing The Clamp
#machining #DIY #millingmachine

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@artisanmakes Год назад

Almost forgot to add the link to the e-drawing. It is quite simple but should be good enough for you to get started. imgur.com/a/dIIQWqd EDIT: Revised drawing with slightly reduced angles to help prevent the moving jaw from sticking.

@mysterysniper910 Год назад

link is not working But thats great and simple thanks for sharing cant wait to make my self.

@dsimental6 Год назад

Thanks mate, now I have something to work on rather than sitting on the Couch. Cheers my friend.👍🍻

@rjordans Год назад

@@mysterysniper910 the link works fine here

@dieselwelds8645 Год назад

Maybe next time you use a file and hacksaw to cut steel, instead try using a cut off tool 😜 or steel cutting wire 🤣

@tonywilson4713 Год назад

great version of this type of clamp and thanks for the drawing. TheMetalRaymond did a similar thing, but bigger, chunkier and didn't bother with the dovetail. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IR2p9ceg1bw.html The other thing he did which might interest you before you harden the front edge is the step the front so it has a much lower front face. You could easily do the same with you clamp if it were a bit thicker or you could bolt a jaw onto it. That way you'd be able to completely face a slab of material like the one you demoed.

@InheritanceMachining Год назад

Nice work, man! You've got me thinking of some projects I would need these for just as an excuse to make a set

@JacobPaul123 Год назад

Side project- 1

@artisanmakes Год назад

Go ahead, i'd love to see you improve upon these

@InheritanceMachining Год назад

@@artisanmakes Not much I would change honestly. Maybe a unified t-nut so it all stays together. But thats just me being picky 😁

@branchandfoundry560 Год назад

@@InheritanceMachining Looking forward to it...this is gonna be good!

@youwillneverguess Год назад

Side projects for the side projects??

@ferrumignis Год назад

Beautifully simple design, I really like it. In the absence of hard teeth to bite into the workpiece you could probably use a piece of emery paper between the clamp and workpiece to get some extra bite.

@jdshanahan4215 Год назад

Awesome idea. I nevet thought of that.

@Hendreh1 Год назад

I had once these clamps . Be aware they hold much less than a vise or regular clamps

@howardosborne8647 Год назад

@@Hendreh1 The effectiveness of the clamping force is dependent on how steep or shallow the wedging angle is. There are 2 piece bed jaw systems working on this principle that hold the workpiece very firmly

@Hendreh1 Год назад

@@howardosborne8647 as I said , I have really used These clamps. And the angle was not an issue . But the Holding force of the t-nut in the table . It Moves sideways.

@howardosborne8647 Год назад

@@Hendreh1 The simple solution there is to make a longer Tee nut which has a larger surface footprint.

@Austinificationify 9 месяцев назад

I really appreciate the lengths you’re willing to go to maximize what you can do on a modest sized mill.

@howder1951 Год назад

Great project and simple to make, I can see having a set of these will get me down to ground zero when the vice isn't the greatest choice. Cheers and thanks!

@michaelbrocato7535 Год назад

Wow....easy to make , reliable method of clamping, and cheap.... all 3 points a home diy machinist is looking for thanks for sharing!!!!!

@howardosborne8647 Год назад

I like the design and simplicity of these clamps. I reckon these would also be useful on the shaper table to hold stock for light finishing cuts.

@bryanwanek46 Год назад

Have always had to use hold down dogs but often they get in the way and anytime you unclamp and reclamp to continue a pass you chance introducing errors. I love these and plan to build some of varying thicknesses. Thanks for a great video!

@HM-Projects Год назад

Simple and effective design. Love it.

@nielscremer599 Год назад

Beautiful design! Hats off to you.

@JETHO321 Год назад

That's absolutely ingenious!

@homemadetools Год назад

Good work yet again, and thanks for including the drawings. We shared this video on our homemade tools forum this week 😎

@mattweeks7142 3 месяца назад

I actually love how clean your machine is and how nice you keep it. My machines are always covered in coolant and swarf. Great work 👌

@andrewbarney5503 Год назад

Love it. Simple. Thanks for sharing!

@bigblue1402 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for a very adaptable idea. Simply brilliant

@artmckay6704 Год назад

I like yours better than most store bought ones! Very clever! :)

@Mr986Willis 6 месяцев назад

What an elegant solution! I've been pondering how to make a clamp to do this job I will be making my own set very soon!

@bulletproofpepper2 Год назад

I like it and a sliver of sandpaper between the part and the clamp could be added for extra holding. Thanks for sharing!

@bhein67 Год назад

Thanks. That is a really simple but very useful tool. Cheers from Canada

@dustinandtarynwolfe5540 Год назад

Man your parts have come a really long ways. Nice work brother. Those dovetail clamps look really nice.

@michaelguzzi1 Год назад

Thanks for sharing this with us!

@Lmarc1982 Год назад

Congratulations for your work. I have just one suggestion for the moving part of the clamp. As you you tighten the screw, the T bolt will be both moved forward and upwards. This tiny forward movement could damage your milling bed from underneath. In order to prevent that, just mill an ellipse into the moving part, instead of a exact hole for the allen screw. I believe that this will allow a kind of "tilt" of the screw and this will prevent the milling bed from getting damaged. I am not quite sure if this is the best solution for that, but it is the one that I thought now.

@jimsvideos7201 Год назад

Nicely done, thank you for sharing the process.

@TalRohan Год назад

Thatsa fantastic mechanism, simple but elegant and sensible....very cool.

@billmacfarlane4083 Год назад

Love this! What a great idea!

@dineshvyas Год назад

This is absolutely wonderful.

@android4cg Год назад

Really great idea! Thanks for sharing!

@dermotkelly2971 Год назад

Great work. Amazing stuff

@fredbloggs4829 Год назад

Great design and I may well make up some myself. For the moveable jaw, if you milled it with an L shape so that only the bottom 5 - 10 mm is holding the work, this pushes the clamp back and allows access to mill the top of the work.

@terrycannon570 Год назад

Awesome. Thanks for the video and the drawing

@ParsMaker Год назад

Simple and effective, nice work

@rickpalechuk4411 Год назад

Great idea!

@older-wiser-better Год назад

I like it . Simple and works excellent.

@mwistrach7809 Год назад

Hey, that’s a great idea. Well done!

@stumcconnel Год назад

Nicely done, I think I might make some of these for my CNC! To get around the height issue, you could put another piece of material under the work piece to raise it up slightly. You would need something approximately the same size though, which might not always be practical.

@tomherd4179 Год назад

I was thinking of the same thing. Perhaps the riser piece could be longer on one axis and clamped at the ends sticking past the actual work piece?

@jeffanderson4979 3 месяца назад

Nice. I never think of using my fly cutters that way. Smart

@drjohn148 Год назад

Great Idea. I will definitely make a couple of them.

@jibeji Год назад

This is brillant ! I am watching your videos for a long time and really appreciate all you achieve with hobby tools. And by the way, english is not my mother language, I love your accent !!!

@EngineerRaisedInKingston Год назад

What a fantastic project - might have to have a go myself ;)

@muppdeluxe Год назад

Very elegant!

@arbjful 3 месяца назад

What an Excellent design, simple and effective, the way it should be…

@ALU6082 Год назад

Simple and effective! 👍

@allengentz7572 Год назад

Hi , Thank you for sharing this helpful item, will be a great asset, thanks for supplying the plan. Top videos and top knowledge passed on.

@girliedog Год назад

What a clever design.

@mftmachining Год назад

Excellent job. Very good idea.

@leadgindairy3709 Год назад

such a cool design

@MrJoeGarner Год назад

Excellent clamps my friend!

@sparkiekosten5902 Год назад

The ole k.i.s.s. method for the win! I always feel you need to clamp something down, not across but that is a solid idea. The best part is if you need to clamp low objects you could use some thin stock in between the clamp and the part to be machined to give the cutter clearance? Just thinking out loud on that one. Keep up the good work!

@artisanmakes Год назад

Yeah I'm sure there are many ways of going about using them

@iancraig1951 Год назад

Well thought out young fellar--first class idea and explanation..--thanks a million E

@skorkmaz Год назад

Impressive. Very good job.

@JohnDoe-ls2ww Год назад

Idk about anyone else but I really enjoy watching / hearing that fly cutter

@travistucker7317 Год назад

Great idea and execution. True engineering.

@artisanmakes Год назад

Thank you very much!

@dannyarendall5233 Год назад

I think that’s a GREAT idea

@sky173 Год назад

Great video. I just might make a few of these today. :) Thanks for sharing.

@revgro Год назад

Nice video. If you take a few millimeters off the bottom of the moving jaw (making it shorter than the fixed piece), it will probably be useful in more situations/configurations.

@artisanmakes Год назад

I am sure that would be an excellent idea

@emilcladoveanu1875 Год назад

Thank You man for your work

@Rustinox Год назад

That is indeed a good idea.

@mattinkel7342 Год назад

really nice , definately make some for my mill, thankyou for the video

@gofastwclass Год назад

Brilliant!

@stevesfascinations1516 Год назад

I really enjoy all your videos. I watch and rewatch them all the time. I am relatively new to machining and am really impressed at the quality of your work, editing, and filming. I wonder if you could do an instructional video on how to do the dovetails in metal. I know how to do this in wood, but what cutter, what angle, feed/speed in metal? It is one of those black holes of information in my head. I guess if you were a machinist this would be easy. Already subscribed, but you get another thumbs up!

@dagorithe Год назад

Great idea. Thanks

@navaho5430 Год назад

Nice simple clamp cheers.

@bbumpy4523 Год назад

Very nice!

@marceloiannini8199 7 месяцев назад

Very good design! So far, I like your the most, than I like Harold Hall's. I'll be needing them really soon.

@sledgehammer9966 Год назад

That is so clever! I´m gonna make myself a set of those I think :D

@tomherd4179 Год назад

I like creativity !! Thanks.

@Sanny987 Год назад

Very clever solution.

@mrayco Год назад

This is my very next project thank you

@SaleemAhmad-tv9re Год назад

Very beautiful ❤

@tonyrath9158 Год назад

Nice work 👍

@jays_metalworks9399 Год назад

Smart idea them 👍🏻

@roykoxley7512 4 месяца назад

Thanks for a good idea.

@chainspending6343 Год назад

really smart idea

@bluehandsvideo Год назад

Great idea and video! Thanks for sharing it. :) -Mike

@donindusted Год назад

Lovely work, if the piece clamping the work had a step to clear the cutting tool I think that would help as well, nicely done.

@larry3064 Год назад

Very nice work.

@joshclark44 Год назад

Very beautiful! Very simple design and probably really easy to make yourself I'd imagine. I was wondering if you were going to harden it. Do you think you might get a metal hardening station in the future for all the parts you make? And maybe blue them? I know space and money are probably the biggest issues

@rfisher79 Год назад

I like the Eccentric Cam Lock style but I can see myself making a set of these in S7 and run them Thru the Ovens.

@jeffanderson4979 Год назад

Ill make a pair based on your excellent design

@janezkorpar8082 Год назад

The best!

@patrickd9551 Год назад

I'm pretty sure you also need double T-slot nuts for this project ;) Basically a double length nut with two threads. It will serve many purposes: - clamp alignment - keeps the clamps together in storage - better force distribution and above everything else: It will just make some additional content for us to consume 😁😁😁

@coolm98 Год назад

that would actually work against the mechanics of the clamp as the two bolts slightly move together while clamping...

@MrSneakyGunz Год назад

Brilliant.

@Bianchi77 11 месяцев назад

Nice video shot, thank you for sharing it , keep it up:)

@normchampine472 Год назад

Very nicely done indeed, it’s simple, it’s clever, and supremely strong of all things well done I think I’m going to have to make myself a couple sets of these they’re beautifully made. Only things are I’d harden them and chamfer those sharp edges a lil even just breaking that edge .010 - .015 would do I think 🤔, well we’ll see I suppose.

@grahamheath3799 Год назад

Simple and effective

@artmckay6704 Год назад

Genius!!!!!! :)

@burningdieselproduction5498 Год назад

Nice video Artisan! If it would help you, there are hardened grip inserts on the market for brand name vise jaws. You could machine pockets for these and add them in your design if need arise. Have fun

@GunFunZS Год назад

Nice.

@Kiboz2000 Год назад

Brilliant

@antonio-cs2wq Год назад

Excelente 👌

@stephanc7192 Год назад

I like it very much

@fernandodossantosfilho6139 Год назад

Good Idea

@Itsdirtnaptime Год назад

I will say that these are a modified version of clamps I (eventually) learned to love. This is a great alternative. Only downside is the possibility of pulling the part down to the table. Aka if the part is warped and you pull it straight, when you loosen the clamps, the part will spring back to not flat.

@JaakkoF 9 месяцев назад

Not a downside of the clamps, every holding method has the same problem. The problem can be solved by shimming the workpiece from the clamping location, so that it when it pulls down, it as a solid rest under it, thus no warping.

@lasdiralfreedom Год назад

Side clamps underestimated but very important

@hootinouts Год назад

Instead of hardening the clamping jaw, you could incorporate hardened serrated gripper inserts. McMaster Carr and CarrLane carry these. I was a tool and die designer years ago and designed many a fix and fixture with these type gripper inserts.

@cinobro6393 Год назад

Great design! I’ve been looking for something exactly like this. Any chance you’ll be making any more?

@artisanmakes Год назад

I probably will once I get more material, everything seems to be on backorder at the suppliers these days :)

@BasementEngineer Год назад

@@artisanmakes Make friends at a local scrap yard! Tell them you're a hobby machinist and take along some items you have made. Offcuts from screw-machine shops and fabricators go a long way to reducing costs. Tool steel you can get from annealed automotive springs. For complex items such as machined-from-solid crank shafts I purchase a piece of stressproof aka 1144 machinery steel. Your low rise clamps are very nice and useful indeed. To resist wear and tear, case hardening or pack hardening would be a useful.

@gomlin3108 Год назад

You could make extra long T-Nuts with an additional threaded hole and run a stud and nut through it as well, clamping the nut and a 123 block onto the top of the table. This would greatly increase the resistance of the fixed block to keep it from moving.

@artisanmakes Год назад

Yes, I'm sure that would work very well

@Zen_Modeling 8 месяцев назад

Not sure if I’ll actually machine this gadget, but your video gave me numerous other machining 💡’s & taught me a few Valuable Techniques!!!! Ripper Good Mate💯 Thank U👏👏👏👏👏👏 ☯️ZenModeling

@zounds010 Год назад

Interesting idea. I'm guessing it would work without the dovetails too...

@artisanmakes Год назад

I made a prototype without them, and you might see them in the video where I use them. They worked fine, but I seemed to get slightly better clamping with the dovetails, and they were a little easier to set up ands store. That's how I saw it, but you can always do it without them if want. Cheers

@branchandfoundry560 Год назад

I'd guess even a simple keyway would be fine. Anything to keep the halves located in the presence of lateral force would serve the purpose, no?

@artisanmakes Год назад

Im sure you could approach this many different ways and get similar results