Great idea. A lot cheaper than clamps made for fab tables!

Visited a relative, Grant, in Marysville, Michigan some years ago. He took me out for a ride in his Wills Gray Goose. Impressive engineering for an early 20's car.

One KZfaqr tp another great job

Very Good!..

Thank you!

I am in the process of building my certi-flat 30x30 table and I think I'll make a set of clamps to use before I weld up the base kit. Thank you for the information. BTW, I know this video is almost 3 years old, but I'll answer some questions that I saw in the comments... The holes in the certi-flat table are standard 16mm holes. If you purchase one of the certi-flat fixtures, they will come with 16mm shoulder bolts for mounting. 5/8" = 15.875mm. This means that the 5/8" round stock, shoulder bolts, and other hardware will work as well as any that uses 16mm. The holes are in a grid pattern 2" (on center) apart in the perpendicular plane and 2.828" (on center) in the diagonal plane. (Used the Pythagorean Theorem: c^2=a^2+b^2). The fabBlock tables come standard at 1/4" thick hot-rolled steel, with the option of 3/8" & 1/2". There are other table styles they sell that are a bit different and they may have a thinner top. I would not recommend this style of clamp in a table top that is less than 1/4" thick. The angle required to make this clamp work is called the "cant". It is the angle from vertical required for the clamp to work. If you know what a holdfast is and how to use it, then you will understand why this slight angle is necessary. In woodworking, some of the workbenches have dog holes in them, similar to this welding table. The woodworking workbench is much thicker, usually between 2.5" and 6"+ depending on the style and the maker's needs. A holdfast is a piece of bent round stock just a bit past 90°, shaped like a Greek capital letter lambda. The tip of the upper end of the holdfast is hammered flat. This is what is placed on the work piece to clamp. The other end is placed into the dog hole of the workbench. The woodworker then strikes the holdfast at the bend, driving it into the dog hole at an angle. This angle causes the holdfast to grip the dog hole with more surface area, causing a much greater clamping force. If the holdfast head was not angled past 90°, the part in the dog hole would not be at an angle and would not hold. I've seen a couple of woodworkers pick up a large work bench using a hoist and 4 holdfasts, one in each corner. The clamp described in this video works the same way, but on a much smaller scale. Since the table surface is only 1/4" thick, the cant does not need to be that much of an angle for it to grip in the hole. For those who noticed that the table was moving, especially when he was testing the clamping force on the 4x4, the table can be mounted on casters. I suspect that this was the case for his table. Also, if you purchase the base kit from weldtables.com, it comes with dual locking casters - they lock the caster from rolling and from pivoting. This is a very stable platform with the casters locked, but it will never be as solid as a table mounted to a fixed surface. The tables can be found at: weldtables.com (disclaimer: I am not affiliated with this channel or with weldtables.com. I am just a consumer who did his due-diligence prior to making this substantial purchase. I came here to see how to make the clamps...)

Im gonna knock some of those up for my woodwork bench. What a great fixture.

Thanks, I'm new to welding, having only dabbled with it before. Recently bought a similar table with a 40 piece clamp set on sale, but this is a good way to get a bunch of extra clamps. Cheers

Thanks for killing that buzz. Has been driving me nuts for a while! Great ideas as well.

Nice work!

Thanks for sharing this with us 🙏🏼

amazing thinking great vid .gonna have to hop on making some of these soon

Thanks for the simple, and clear explanation. Always wondered how they worked. Baffled me, kinda like magic, LOL.

Just went and bought some of these clamps for my welding table.com unit, thanks for the tips

Thanks great information super simple design

Thanks! For sharing! 🤙🏻

just finished building my first welding table now onto those great clamps!! Was gonna post a pic of my table but can't find anyway to load it up.

I just watched another channel and the bloke did the same thing trying to get the end off the clamp. A lot quicker and easier just to cut it off just above the end.

I really enjoy your videos. Thank you!

great idea cheers

Great information my friend. Thank you.

I made some but used 5/8" shoulder bolts. Very precise

Thanks for sharing! I am in the pricess of makings these clamps. Thanks for the tip about welding them at an angle.

good video..thanks

Nice shop. Thanks man.

Very Nice!

Dude that table setup is dope. Im definitely going to start saving up. Also you can really tell you listen to your viewers and I just wanna say thanks for what your doin bro.

Clever idea 💡 thanks 🙏🏻 for sharing. I’ll give this a crack fasure.

Nice video. Thanks.

I have a bunch of these Harbor Freight clamps... not on Welding Table or anything but they're actually pretty good... and if any of them ever crap out on you get a new one for 4 bucks

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Kyle Thank you for the clamp explanation! Not only I now know how it works but how to build them cheaply! Now I really want one of those tables! UGH! This channel is going to cost me! LOL

excelente mesa de trabajo, se acomoda muy bien. saludos desde Apodaca Nuevo Leon Mexico.

Niiiice, thank you!

Great idea, I was looking at the Bessey clamps for small wood miterbox but it cost 125 Dollars for a set of 2.... I will find something cheap and do what you did :)

Chucking genius

Ty. Great

Thats kooler than dang it!!!

We just switched to led strip lights at work, it makes such a difference!

Awesome

Great job man. Simplicity doesn't mean its easy

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Hey man. Really like the clamp modifications, you can never have too many styles. Just wanted to let you know these are called F style or f bar clamps. Bessey is a name brand.

Video on the LED upgrades would be cool. I've got old Florescent lights in my shop and am looking to update.

This works

Theng you..

That's a nice cheap solution. Name brand welding clamps have always seemed overpriced for use outside of a production shop. When I built my certiflat table I ended up buying the clamps for the stronghand fixturepoint table. If I remember correctly the hold down clamps were less than $20 and they also have Vblocks, spacers, and stops that work well with these tables.

These are known as F- Clamps in the woodworking community and if one breaks you can take it back to HF and no questions asked they will replace it (without a receipt even) which is as far as i know, a lot more than Bessey can offer....through the big box anyway. You cant go wrong with these cheapo's and i mostly mean price-wise as i haven't broke but one yet in two years of use and i haveabout 20 of em.

A simple solution is the best solution. And if that solution is also inexpensive, that's even better. Nice job on the clamps, man! BTW, I'm gonna miss that hum. Honestly didn't notice until you mentioned it, then it seemed very obvious. haha.

Great vid and info! Thank You! Is that a wood burning stove in back? What kind is it? My garage gets damn cold in winter!

I still want a welding table.....guess I'll have to build my own.

with the gclamp ones wels a nut on the moving part then you can drive them down and up with a drill ect...

you could weld tee nuts on them also

Do you know if these types of clamps would work in a 3/16” welding table? Thanks for sharing your videos!

Nice. But more interested in your angle device on your table u used

What song is played at the end. Great working in the shop music.

I see a new project in my near future lol

on the old C clamp tack a nut on the top so your nut driver on a drill can run it up ad down fast

What size hole is in the table? You mention the bolt is 5/8" so is the hole in the table metric so it is ever so slightly larger?

great vid what was you using for big wire for welding

Check out Vocha Alloy's video called Cheap alternative to a Festool clamp. It basically bends a hook on the end instead of the bind method. ;-)

good job, what is the thickness of the welding table?

do you think it would work on a 3/8 table ? I'm guessing your table is 1/2, would there be enough bind in 3/8 table for the clamp to work?

I did the same thing as soon as i got my fixture table

I've already seen a video this dated almost a week earlier.

i fucks with it lol good stuff!!!

Do the Harbor Freight clamps provide an unbroken electrical connection from table to work so they can be used as a ground?

looks like you need to sturdy up those table legs.. got more shake than my grandfather with parkinsons

Hi, what is the thickness of the sheet metal the table is made of? is stiff?

So you put your bessey rod into a lot of slots on that table and then pull out real easy even if you got wood.

Great idea! PS: Is it wrong that the only things I weld is more welding tools/jigs etc? :D

sure there's a video somewhere you did, but where'd you get your table? and price?

What is the thickness of the table?

A guy called wesly treat had same idea .

Hello What is the price to make a RIGHT corner, I saw it on the clip. It is very functional

Kyle, where you been man? Last post was way back in December. Hope everything is well with you and yours!

Can u Tell me the size of the table holes? If the bolt is 16mm (5/8) How about the holes?

Looks like I’m going to harbor freight

How did you slot the rod?

If you want to use something much faster , you should checkout this guys website. He makes a toggle clamp for these welding tables , I think its called (clampplus).

I have a serious clamp addiction Kyle I think I need help

These harbor freight clamps have a tendency to get loose on the back side where the grooves are so they don't always stay tight. Just something I've come across.

How did your friends drift wagon tern out

They have stronger ones cheap price and Brandon lund welding channel made his but he made his with shoulder bolts which also made stops with them to

Your wife let you go outside with that haircut? Just messing with you. Love your videos.

What kind of table is that sir?

toggle or vise-grip style clamps are way faster., and there are a ton of really useful mods you can do. Harbor freight is good for some things, but good quality clamps is not one of them. Over time that jaw will randomly stop gripping the bar as well. Now, I totally get the need to do something on the less expensive side. But you can fab better clamps by seeing the good stuff in action. The sliding adjustable clamp you were trying to remember the name for is a T-post clamp. Go watch this video. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jbZnfZufmNjbYp8.html

Nice job Kyle. I like your style. I did the same thing: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i-Ciisl7q5fLemQ.html Another thing Ive added is a 1-2' length of square stock with a appropriate sized stud on the bottom that can be placed into a hole and used to clamp items to, Its just a cheap way to fixture stuff that has to be held at an odd angle to the work piece. See you later!

Why is your table so shaky?

The video "starts" immediately BUT the how-to not til 3:42. Jump ahead and skip the schspiel!

Sorry to be that guy but...technically they are an "F" Clamp and Bessey is a company that makes several styles of high quality clamps. I just thought it might help when searching online for them.

Anybody know?