Absolutely the best solution for holding wood carvings. Either flat plane or relief. I built one and use it almost exclusively now. Hates every commercially sold one I tried. This is as perfect a solution as I have found. Made mine from recycled hard maple scraps and just purchased a few bits of hardware etc.
I wonder if thinning the outside arms and/or making the fingers deeper would let them be flexed more by the bolt, giving more friction for the same input force. Also might consider a cheap ratchet to dedicate to tightening it if the block ever gets annoying. Definitely a cool idea for work holding I haven't seen before.
Nice idea. That concept is used a lot for wheelchair hardware (yes it is real thing, Haha). The difference is that they use metal plates that contact via friction Great video !
I built one of these years ago and use it quite often. Also used one of these while taking a carving class with Ian Norbury in NJ. I've been looking for more of the metal handled tighteners like what you have the "test" piece tightened onto the arm. Any idea where I can get some more of these? 6:36
Nice carvers arm. If you want to fix the loose joint problem, glue sandpaper on one side of each finger (320 grit?). Then you won't have to torque the nut so much to stop movement. Adjust the finger spacing to include loose fitting according the the sandpaper thickness. You do want it to move freely when not tightened. Try it, you won't believe the difference. BTW, I don't always comment, but I do always watch. Keep them coming, Mark
Hi Mark, awesome video. Cheers.
Absolutely the best solution for holding wood carvings. Either flat plane or relief. I built one and use it almost exclusively now. Hates every commercially sold one I tried. This is as perfect a solution as I have found. Made mine from recycled hard maple scraps and just purchased a few bits of hardware etc.
Respect how you overcame the difficulty of tightening.
Thanks!
well done man !! Regards from Munich 🎉
You will love that . I made mine about 12 years ago and still going strong. I got my leavers from Klingspor wood working.
Thanks for the tip on Klingspor. I found some on Amazon as well. I might have to give that a try.
I wonder if thinning the outside arms and/or making the fingers deeper would let them be flexed more by the bolt, giving more friction for the same input force. Also might consider a cheap ratchet to dedicate to tightening it if the block ever gets annoying. Definitely a cool idea for work holding I haven't seen before.
That could work.
Nice idea. That concept is used a lot for wheelchair hardware (yes it is real thing, Haha). The difference is that they use metal plates that contact via friction
Great video !
I can see where it would be used in different situations. Thanks!
Do you know anyone that sells these by any chance, I am not a very good builder, Thank you
I built one of these years ago and use it quite often. Also used one of these while taking a carving class with Ian Norbury in NJ. I've been looking for more of the metal handled tighteners like what you have the "test" piece tightened onto the arm. Any idea where I can get some more of these? 6:36
Nice carvers arm. If you want to fix the loose joint problem, glue sandpaper on one side of each finger (320 grit?). Then you won't have to torque the nut so much to stop movement. Adjust the finger spacing to include loose fitting according the the sandpaper thickness. You do want it to move freely when not tightened. Try it, you won't believe the difference. BTW, I don't always comment, but I do always watch. Keep them coming, Mark
Thanks! I might have to try that.
2 years later and this tip just saved me some hassle. Thank you very much
Smart
aint going to hold well