Clamp Forests

[milotrain]

Anyone have good pictures of clamp forests they've made? I find just looking at how other people have fixed work is really helpful in figuring out how I'll mount something.

None of the following are mine

^Notice the threaded clamping rods?

 

[Lakc]

Yes, viewing other peoples setups are one of the interesting parts of forum's like this.

You asked for setups, not necessarily good or safe ones.

 

[dparker]

Milotrain: I realize this is not metal working but there are a lot of clamps holding the face on a guitar body my son built. We did use my metal working tools though.

Believe it or not there is a guitar body in this forest of clamps:

don

 

[Nickle]

Again, its not metal work but here is the result of a long afternoon laminating a kayak cockpit rim.

Cheers,

Nick

 

[spuddevans]

Here's a couple of mine.

another view of the above,

Tim

 

[milotrain]

Nice clamps guys. I love the woodworking shots too, just fun to look at. Tim, inspiring work with a 123 block, like a mini column to jig work off... mmmm I'm totally going to steal that.... Lakc, I think you get a free hall pass when working on alternators or any ancillary equipment that needs bolted to an engine.

I think I'm going to mount a spare 123 block to a tooling plate so I can bolt it directly to the table. I could use two in a T shape and have a raised 90˚ index point.

 

[Anko]

here is mine, just shot today, I was making a boring bar that hold a round hss bit, miraculously I got the just space to drill and reamer the hole, just 5 mm higher and my mini-mill cant make it :

still more coming I hope!

Saludos

 

[MachineTom]

Photo was posted in my Corliss build, here again.