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- Mar 28, 2014
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Hello all machinists! I'm a recent user, but I've been looking through the projects and threads here and found quite a bit of info here in the past, so I thought it would be about time to share what I've been working on, and possibly get some input as well. I'm by no means an expert, but alongside my education in industrial and interaction design I've spent the last five or so years avidly using and learning as much as I could about the workshop we have access to here at school.
The way I document is through video, not through photos and text. I hope you enjoy the video, and those to come. Some are meant more for those with some experience, whereas others can be done by pure beginners with limited tooling as well. I try to show what goes wrong, and how to fix it, as well as what goes as intended. I won't spam the forum with my videos, but post one now and then, depending on how they're received.
Anyhow, the first project I wanted to share with you here is the making of a Kant twist clamp. I live in Sweden, and those clamps are completely unheard of over here, but I've come to like them quite much since I first got in touch with them when I lived in San Francisco for a few months last year, so why not make your own? This was also inspired heavily by John Heisz's creation of a wooden Kant twist clamp which he describes in his video linke here.
So anyway, onto the first video, how to make a Kant twist clamp. Enjoy!
[video=youtube;rlvLUS2Lixc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlvLUS2Lixc[/video]
The plans the clamp was based on can be downloaded here: http://switchandlever.com/plans/kant_twist_clamp_plans.pdf (adjust the measurements to fit your application)
Cheers!
The way I document is through video, not through photos and text. I hope you enjoy the video, and those to come. Some are meant more for those with some experience, whereas others can be done by pure beginners with limited tooling as well. I try to show what goes wrong, and how to fix it, as well as what goes as intended. I won't spam the forum with my videos, but post one now and then, depending on how they're received.
Anyhow, the first project I wanted to share with you here is the making of a Kant twist clamp. I live in Sweden, and those clamps are completely unheard of over here, but I've come to like them quite much since I first got in touch with them when I lived in San Francisco for a few months last year, so why not make your own? This was also inspired heavily by John Heisz's creation of a wooden Kant twist clamp which he describes in his video linke here.
So anyway, onto the first video, how to make a Kant twist clamp. Enjoy!
[video=youtube;rlvLUS2Lixc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlvLUS2Lixc[/video]
The plans the clamp was based on can be downloaded here: http://switchandlever.com/plans/kant_twist_clamp_plans.pdf (adjust the measurements to fit your application)
Cheers!
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