Clamp clamp

[whk]

This is about as low tech as it gets, but it does make the quick clamp even quicker for certain types of clamping.  Surely there is a neater solution than what I've shown.  Maybe some sort of miniature clamp that could be quickly attached to or removed from the quick clamp?

 

[Wood_Junkie]

Someone posted in another thread about using binder clips to hold the Festool clamp bar "up", like you are doing with the Irwin clamp in your photo.

I've considered drilling a small hole at the appropriate position in the clamp bar, and inserting a 'pin' (e.g. big paperclip) to keep it from dropping down into the table.  But I don't want to compromise the clamp strength...

 

[Brice Burrell]

Necessity, the mother of invention. ;D

...I've considered drilling a small hole at the appropriate position in the clamp bar, and inserting a 'pin' (e.g. big paperclip) to keep it from dropping down into the table.  But I don't want to compromise the clamp strength...

Since there is a limit to the amount of force you can get out of the quick clamp so your idea would likely be fine and likely the screw type too.

 

[Wood_Junkie]

Here we go, this is what I'm thinking of using.

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[WarnerConstCo.]

O rings are way easier and require no drilling.

 

[Brice Burrell]

O rings are way easier and require no drilling.

Yeah, but they won't work for the OP's application.

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

Would this work?  [tongue]

In all seriousness though, I like your idea.  I've used my clamps for that purpose but I like the other clamp holding it in place.

 

[woodguy7]

If you were using the same hole all the time, could you fit a turn button underneath to stop the clamp dropping ?

Woodguy

 

[Wood_Junkie]

If you were using the same hole all the time, you could fit a rare earth magnet in there...
Or, instead of using a pin, you could also drill a small hole and just use a 8p finish nail. 

I know this might be spending too much on the this, but here is one of the neatest solutions, perhaps?:
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=64333&cat=1,250,43298,43314

Small, flat, low profile...  cool factor.

 

[Forrest Anderson]

Someone posted in another thread about using binder clips to hold the Festool clamp bar "up", like you are doing with the Irwin clamp in your photo.

Is that what I might call "bulldog clips" or "fold-back clips"?

If so, then I like that idea and it seems to work fine for stopping the stem of the clamp from dropping through the hole, and it allows one-handed operation:

If the "binder clips" are something else, then I'd be interested to see them.

Forrest

 

[Wood_Junkie]

Someone posted in another thread about using binder clips to hold the Festool clamp bar "up", like you are doing with the Irwin clamp in your photo.

Is that what I might call "bulldog clips" or "fold-back clips"?

If so, then I like that idea and it seems to work fine for stopping the stem of the clamp from dropping through the hole, and it allows one-handed operation:

If the "binder clips" are something else, then I'd be interested to see them.

Forrest

Yep, those are what I'd call binder clips.  And that's exactly how they would be used for this clamp-gravity problem.    [unsure]

 

[AlexThePalex]

How about a good ol' clothes pin?

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[peter halle]

Do they still make those?  [big grin] [big grin] [big grin] [big grin]

 

[Forrest Anderson]

How about a good ol' clothes pin?

Clothes pins might not be strong enough. I tried a smaller bulldog clip than the one shown in my photo, and the stem of the clamp slipped down through the clip's jaws.

Spring clamps like this one from Axminster in the UK should be strong enough though...

Forrest

 

[wnagle]

Here is one of my solutions with a little help from Qwas:

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[Brice Burrell]

Wayne, is that an item Qwas sells?

 

[wnagle]

Brice,

At the time he made them special for me with some stock used on his qwas dogs.  He also made more for others that were designed a little different.  I don't know if he will make more or not.  He's been pretty quiet for a while.  I'd give him a call.  They really work nice with Kregs one handed clamp...especially with a bunch of repetitive parts.

 

[Wood_Junkie]

Wayne, is that an item Qwas sells?

It looks like the "old" clamp dog... which I was jonesing to get.  Now I see Qwas has 'taper dogs' that have replaced that... still pretty neat.

 

[tom.smith]

 

[wnagle]

They are the clamps made for the kreg clamping table and the part with black knob qwas made for me.