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ShopReady Draft 2D · 59 s · narrated, with captions

A toggle clamp for a jig, part 5 of 6: Set for thicker work

The test spring is removed, and its zigzag goes from the drawing with it. A dimension from the pad's foot to the plate reads 20: the work this clamp closes on. Stretch, with a window through the spindle's foot and @0,10 typed, shortens the spindle by 10; the dimension follows and reads 30, and the clamp still plays on its pins and stops.

Before thisA toggle clamp for a jig, part 4 of 6: Room for the handle, and the pad's pathNextA toggle clamp for a jig, part 6 of 6: Copied to a second plate, and ready to cut

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Whole project · 6:56

A toggle clamp for a jig: the whole project

A toggle clamp for a jig, from a blank drawing to two working clamps and a plate ready to cut. The four parts are drawn from the side as rectangles and slots with typed sizes and welded where two shapes make one part. Four clicks pin them into a four-bar linkage that is pulled by hand; stops on the link make the lock, and a spring under the pad shows it: short of center the clamp springs open, past center it holds. A fence in the handle's way is found with Check for hits and moved with the Clearance tool, the pad's path is traced, the spindle is stretched for thicker work with its dimension following, and the whole clamp is copied, joints and all, onto a second plate. The plate is drawn from above with mirrored holes and checked for cutting.

The rest of this project

Chapter · 1:37

A toggle clamp for a jig, part 1 of 6: The four parts

Chapter · 1:16

A toggle clamp for a jig, part 2 of 6: Four pins, a pull by hand, and stops

Chapter · 1:08

A toggle clamp for a jig, part 3 of 6: Over center, it locks

Chapter · 1:07

A toggle clamp for a jig, part 4 of 6: Room for the handle, and the pad's path

Chapter · 1:36

A toggle clamp for a jig, part 6 of 6: Copied to a second plate, and ready to cut