On 10/29/2019 10:39 AM, Leon wrote:
On 10/28/2019 6:55 PM, Unquestionably Confused wrote:
On 10/28/2019 4:50 PM, Leon wrote:
On 10/27/2019 11:48 AM, Michael wrote:
Has anyone tried these?Â* They look like they would be very useful
for a lot of applications, but $40 for a pair of clamps feels a
little pricey.

https://www.microjig.com/products/do...pk#Product-buy


https://www.amazon.com/POWERTEC-7141...99145& sr=8-8



https://www.amazon.com/Makita-194385...9231 &sr=8-19


Both of these appear to be for use with T-Track vs. dovetail or am I
missing something?

I like the idea of the dovetail "track" and think that if one could
fabricate their own aluminum foot to attach to various hold downs like
the ones made of t-track, you'd really have something going.

Consider a clamp similar to either the Microjig or the PowerTec that
didn't have the foot attached, but rather just a screw in socket so
you could attach a dovetail foot as I've described that would then
allow the clamp to swivel 360 degrees.

Understood, however this might be a case of tomato, tomaato.Â* Off hand I
do not see an advantage of a v-grove clamp over the typical slot clamp.

T-slots clamps have been around for a long time with no issue.Â* This may
be a case of a cure for something that does not have a problem.

I do see that the MicroJig Dato Stop jig requires a v-grove slot clamp
so you may be locked in to using their v-grove clamps.

While you can use a DT bit to make your own v-groves in wood, you can
also use a key hole slot bit to make groves for the regular slot clamp.

While I agree that we're talking apples vs apples (sorta, kinda), I like
the idea of "making tracks" with a dovetail bit rather than laying down
metal t-track. While I agree that one could likely replicate the
t-track in wood using a key hole bit, do you think that it would
withstand as much clamping pressure as the v-groove.

My thought is that the latter would be stronger and less likely to break
free under undue pressure.