Small CNC hold-downs improved

I have removed all 1/4”-20 T-Slot bolts and handles from the small CNC hold-down bucket. These didn’t work because their T-Slots were too narrow and would spin and not catch on the sides of the slot.

I have replaced all of them with 5/16”-18 T-Slots bolts and handles throughout. Yippee - these work in our slots and hold stuff down down down! This include a pile of metal clamps, the cams, the circles, and other misc. hold downs. I also created a new set of four MDF right-angle hold downs - fresh and purdy and ready to get dinged and marred (the old ones had 1/4” slots and were tossed out). Finally I purchased and donated a set of smaller clamps.

In other words, everything has new handles (both 5 and 2 lobes ones) and bolts. There are extra handles and bolts in the hold-down bucket too.

ASMBLY90Angle.crv (89.5 KB) - The VCarve file used to make the right-angle hold downs.

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Thanks Brian, this is great!

Thank you, thank you, thank you, @bwatt !

Now, I have to come up with a CNC project so that I can use them.

Incredible, thank you Brian! We all owe you one.

Awesome Bri
Thank you!