On Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 11:39:39 AM UTC-4, 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. 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. This may
be a case of a cure for something that does not have a problem.

What if you looked at this from a different angle? (pun intended)

Instead of a thinking of it as a solution looking for a problem, what
if you looked at it as simply an alternative to T-tracks for those one-
off jigs or out-of-the-ordinary clamping situations?

As Bob D said "Laying out T-track takes more time and is a real commitment
to whatever layout you need." I have a few T-Track jigs that I built for
specific projects that don't get much use, but I don't want to throw them
out because it took me time to build them and maybe (I doubt it) I'll
do a project just like that again.

If I have known about the dove tail clamps at the time, I could have
built a jig that I wouldn't have minded throwing away or re-purposing
when I was done with it.

Again, not a replacement for T-tracks, just an alternative.