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my table has a 4 x 1/2 angle iron skirt which makes clamping easy, but the interior of my table is grating which eliminates  welding down a dog  ..i made some tshaped dogs that are working good...i   notice that a lot of the designs people are posting for tables involve slotted tops for inserting clamps, these would work well with that.. Attached Images
Reply:I was expecting to see Fido in a vise.
Reply:Nice clamps! Does the grate stay fairly flat?
Reply:have no perceeptible  high/low spots, it so far is performing fine forme..
Reply:You might weld on a rod for a "T" handle.  Good idea.Dan
Reply:Great idea. from the leaves in the bottom looks like your shop is outdoors?Miller Challenger 172Miller Thunderbolt AC/DC 225/150Miller Maxstar 150 STLVictor 100CVictor JourneymanOxweld OAHarris O/ASmith O/A little torchNo, that's not my car.
Reply:i have garage space for tool and material storage, and a place to tig small projects. any stick welding or cutting/fabbing is outdoors....sucks..
Reply:i have garage space for tool and material storage, and a place to tig small projects. any stick welding or cutting/fabbing is outdoors....
Reply:For a little more versatility what about putting the dog leg on a c clamp. Cut off the long side and replace it with the dog leg? Just a thought because it seems to me, being made of bolts, you need a lot more for different thickness's of your work piece. With a c clamp version (with long rod)  it will fit more.Miller thunderbolt 250Decastar 135ERecovering tool-o-holic ESAB OAI have been interested or involved in Electrical, Fire Alarm, Auto, Marine, Welding, Electronics ETC to name a just a few. So YES you can own too many tools.
Reply:i have a half dozen good quality c clamps and didnt want to cut them up, and dont like the cost of good new ones or the looks of the crap in the stores..so i opted to overcome the problem of different thicknesses with several pairs of these things. the short one  in the picture will hold something up to about 1-1/2", and the long one upto about 6".. these two give me a range  that covers most of my needs and i can make up a longer one if needed real quick..
Reply:Originally Posted by weldbeadi have garage space for tool and material storage, and a place to tig small projects. any stick welding or cutting/fabbing is outdoors....
Reply:im in poughkeepsie ny..we get some cold..thats when i sit inside and tig under a raidiant heater..run outside oince ina while to cut and grind, then back in..recently acquired a ranger 8 to double as a generator, gotta get it wired up..it welds real nice lol
Reply:Dog clamps work great and sometimes are the only way to do it. We used them all the time at workYa gotta spend money to make money!
Reply:Ok another idea and a perfect welding project to boot so take a coupling nut perhaps weld it to a piece of flat bar horizontally then to another nut. make your dog leg with a long (ie 6 inch) upright with no top on it. now you can drop the the 1 nut attached to the flat bar over the dogleg and it can slide up and down but yet bind at the point that you tighten the bolt up. does that make sense?Miller thunderbolt 250Decastar 135ERecovering tool-o-holic ESAB OAI have been interested or involved in Electrical, Fire Alarm, Auto, Marine, Welding, Electronics ETC to name a just a few. So YES you can own too many tools.
Reply:Originally Posted by dumb as a stumpOk another idea and a perfect welding project to boot so take a coupling nut perhaps weld it to a piece of flat bar horizontally then to another nut. make your dog leg with a long (ie 6 inch) upright with no top on it. now you can drop the the 1 nut attached to the flat bar over the dogleg and it can slide up and down but yet bind at the point that you tighten the bolt up. does that make sense?
Reply:Originally Posted by weldbeadno and i've looked at it 4 times now..please make a sketch or tack one together and send a pic..
Reply:thanks mr stump, i will play with that.. i already decided ineed some cantilveer so i was gonna go in that direction, trying to incorporate your concept...
Reply:your welcome let me know how it works. you my have to make the dog side end of the flat bar smaller so the dog cocks and binds up good when put under stress but the idea is there.Miller thunderbolt 250Decastar 135ERecovering tool-o-holic ESAB OAI have been interested or involved in Electrical, Fire Alarm, Auto, Marine, Welding, Electronics ETC to name a just a few. So YES you can own too many tools.
Reply:That's slick Weldbead. I'll bet that the "airflow" bench top has lots of advantages. I know that in one direction bar-grate bends like a wet noodle, is that ever a problem?For use as  weld-on pushers, I thought about borrowing the movable arm and pusher screw from bar-type clamps, but, I worried that it would be too easy to end up with a bunch of expensive clamp "L's" with missing arms.Welder Shane - Does the picture's #3 clamp have  a pivot mounted pusher screw?Good LuckLast edited by denrep; 11-21-2010 at 08:05 AM.
Reply:[QUOTE=denrep;440120]For use as  weld-on pushers, I thought about borrowing the movable arm and pusher screw from bar-type clamps, but, I worried that it would be too easy to end up with a bunch of expensive clamp "L's" with missing arms.That's another project dude   Miller thunderbolt 250Decastar 135ERecovering tool-o-holic ESAB OAI have been interested or involved in Electrical, Fire Alarm, Auto, Marine, Welding, Electronics ETC to name a just a few. So YES you can own too many tools.
Reply:Originally Posted by denrepFor use as  weld-on pushers, I thought about borrowing the movable arm and pusher screw from bar-type clamps, but, I worried that it would be too easy to end up with a bunch of expensive clamp "L's" with missing arms.
Reply:Originally Posted by denrepThat's slick Weldbead. I'll bet that the "airflow" bench top has lots of advantages. I know that in one direction bar-grate bends like a wet noodle, is that ever a problem?Good Luck
Reply:Right, I'm familiar with bar-grate and understand its great strength when supported perpendicular to the flat bars; no doubt this bench could withstand terrific down loads.But what I wondered is if heavy clamping loads would tend to lift the flat bars in their unsupported direction and thus bend the light round wires?Good Luck
Reply:Originally Posted by weldbeadthe grating is flat bar stock, which wont bend easily, amd some perpendicular round stock, which will bend. my table has some internediate channel..
Reply:Originally Posted by jreynoldswelding You need a new brush...Originally Posted by denrepRight, I'm familiar with bar-grate and understand its great strength when supported perpendicular to the flat bars; no doubt this bench could withstand terrific down loads.But what I wondered is if heavy clamping loads would tend to lift the flat bars in their unsupported direction and thus bend the light round wires?Good Luck
Reply:Yeah I suppose. I'm just so used to everything being pushed to max x2.Key to a good weld-on pusher is length so that even a small tack will resist lots of push, but a narrow width that's easy to break off by hitting it sideways.Good Luck
Reply:Originally Posted by weldbeadwhen that foto was taken the brush still had some wire..i have since worn it out..