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Stub Mandrel15/04/2012 21:17:28
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Hi Nigel,

Not quite as small as yours, still 3/16", but 4BA screws because of the strange slotted hex heads so you can use finger, spanner or screwdriver...

20 minutes the other evening, plus a little blacking time.

Neil

Toolmakers Clamp

Robert Dodds17/04/2012 12:26:44
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Hi ,

Like so many others I love my toolmakers clamps but my favourite was inherited from my father, a WW2 toolmaker, He made this in the 1930's so its stood the test of time. It forms an accurate angle block and can be used in at least two aspects, sometimes three depending on the component size.

I hope the three pictures illustrate it's construction and at least some of it's uses.

Bob D



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Harold Hall 117/04/2012 21:15:17
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For three unusual, but very useful, uses for toolmaker's clamps see this web page.

Harold

Stub Mandrel19/04/2012 21:14:12
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Hi Robert

That's interesting, I was thinking of making a similar clamp, but without teh 90-degree angle -now I think I should add that too.

Also pleased to see someone else with a ratty bit of wood as an essentail drill-press accessory.

@Harold - the clamps with the screws on the same side are so much more useful it's hard to think why we make the other type!

Neil

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