Shop made Cam Clamps

good looking clamp
thank´s for sharing

Dennis

I really like the cam action on this clamp. Simple yet elegant design and carried out very well in the construction.

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Oh… me likey!

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Have to add those to my ever-growing list of things to make.
Thanks for sharing.

-- Eric

Not only functional, but it looks great! Not often you see blackwood used for something other than accent work. Well done. -Richard

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Hi Div, you just have to love LJ’s there is always something awesome here.

Those look good and they are useful.

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Most excellent work.
I have not seen before such a design ,certainly I will add it to my list of work to too.
Thanks for sharing with us and welcome to Lumberjocks community.

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Very cleaver and nice saving $$$$$$$$$$$

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This is a great idea, looks great

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Good job for nice clamps !
Clamps are ever the problem in a project, not enough or not the good size.

well done

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Hey LJ’s! Thanks for all the compliments and real happy I could inspire some guys to add the idea to their lists. That is after all the point of the exercise.
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I have some of these (store -bought) and love them. Planning to make a few for a more deep-reach clamp with longer jaws. The cam action works however far out you put it, so there really is no limit as long as your workpiece is elevated during clamping. A piece of square cork inside the jaws helps nicely, too. Thanks for the photos, DIV.

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Hi there Div, great looking clamps,very nice craftsmanship. I have always liked the simplistic ,yet effective, design of these style clamps. I have seen them used a lot in fine instrument construction and was always considering purchasing some,but now(with Your inspiration ) I think I just might try to put some together myself ! I do have one question about the cam design,how did You figure out the right amount of offset for the pivot pin or is it an trial and error process ? Anyway, thanks for the post and great job once again!

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Very pretty!

Any suggestions on cutting better cams? I’ve done a few for some non-cam clamp projects, but always end up with the sandpaper and something that’s not as round as I’d like…

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