Daniel, I love the projects you are selecting, expensive tools that teach you a wealth of skill in the process, a self teaching machinist with little money couldn't ask for more! Thanks, Mike
For sure! And many of the steps can easily be replaced by a good file and hand drills, if you're really strapped for machinery. Glad you liked it! /Daniel
I really look forward to seeing your latest videos Daniel. This was another wonderful example. I have seen references to these clamps over the years and can see some uses for them in my work. Custom sizing of things like this for specific applications is what making your own tools is all about.
I really like them for smaller clamping applications, especially since they tend now to get in the way in the same way C-clamps does. Glad you liked the video, there will be more to come. Have one ready for upload during next week, and working on a couple more. Cheers! /Daniel
Wow, that's indeed luxury. They're not a common clamp here in Sweden, in fact I can't remember ever having seen one. I really like them as well, first got exposed to them when I lived shortly in San Francisco. Glad you liked the video Stan! Cheers! /Daniel
Hi Daniel, Nice project. I like the little Bahco adjustable wrench and have one like it. Looks like your bench vise need to get the bolts tightened up. Nice trick with the die nut clamped to the plate. I really liked that one. All the best, Tom
Cheers Tom! In retrospect there are probably better ways to do it. I could've cut the threads on the lathe, taken the piece out before cutting it off, clamped the oppsite side while drilling and then taking it back and cut it off in the lathe without having to clamp the threads. But you live you learn, I guess. You're right about the vise, it likely needs a bit of a general service as well. Cheers! /Daniel
It will come, for sure. I'm making plans for another similar tool, but I have no idea if it'll work (or for that matter, already exists). We'll see! Thanks! /Daniel
Super video. Great project. Fine result. Great tip on the vise-griped die nut for allignment. Excellent tempo on the video editing, making watching and learning a pleasure. Thanks for sharing.
Daniel, as well as being informative and stimulating, I find your videos relaxing to watch, if that's not a contradiction. You have a gift for presenting this kind of work. Definitely thumbs up from me, and thanks for sharing.
Nice video. I learned several techniques, such as the die guide and using a ball end mill to create a seat for the drill bit. Going to try that instead of spot drilling for small stuff.
Hi Daniel. It is nice to see your videos watched and followed by the best of Machining community such as Oxtool and Woodworking community such as John Heisz. Your wooden ring was mentioned on Woodworking Wrap-up Review by Drunken Woodworker . Keep up the good work. Cheers, Ali
For the shaft it was simply because I couldn't get a center drill in there, they're short and stubby and I needed something with a bit more length as the indexing head would've hit the head of the mill otherwise. Can't remember why I didn't go for a center drill for the hinges. May have been because I couldn't find one which was thin enough. It would certainly work just as well as the ball ended endmill though. Cheers! Glad you liked it!
It's a wonderful machine indeed! Since it belongs to my university department I've told them, repeatedly, that if there every comes a day when they're getting rid of it I will come get it, regardless where I am in the world. I love that mill to bits, I can't even begin to imagine how many hours I clocked on it, I wouldn't be surprised if it's in the several thousands.
Switch & Lever Yes I also have a late model Aciera F3 with Heidenhain DRO and it's a very nice machine. The W20 can be difficult to find tooling for when ... and no matter how much is with it, there WILL be a when, you need extra
I'd never have thought to make my own, but now that I've seen it done, it looks like a good learning project with a useful result. Thank you! I have a couple of the commercial versions, and I believe the jaws are copper, not brass. There may be variations available, but copper makes sense after listening to Tom Lipton at OxToolCo talk about copper vise jaws. I'll start scavenging dead printers for materials right away! -- Mike
Hmm, looking at their website it seems like the jaws are copper plated, but it doesn't say anything about what the base metal is. I figured brass would work well, since it's going to be softer than probably anything I'm going to clamp anyhow. Dead printers are a great source for high quality axles, for sure. I try to scavenge them whenever I can. Glad you liked the video! /Daniel
A question re drilling. Imagine a mild steel 40x40x40 mm cube to be drilled through with a fi4x80mm (exposed length) twist drill. Will the drill have a tendency to wander when drilled in e.g. 2 mm from a side surface? Any other comments on the possibility of a thin drill bit wandering to the side?
Here I was looking at Kant Twist designs and thee next minute I found your channel. I think your version looks better than the original Eron. Subbed and glad I did! I may have to make parts for my larger format CNC Router table. Oh my poor grey matter! Best regards.
Nice work and nice clear camera work and explanations, You've got a new subscriber. Btw since you only used what looked like a standard screw thread (vs say acme or buttress thread), then a simplification could be to use a suitably long machine screw with a standard hex or even socket head that would then be tightened by spanner or Allen key.
You could indeed do that. I wanted to make everything bespoke, which is one reason I went the route I went. Though, you'd still need to drill and tap the end of the screw if you go the route you suggest. Cheers! /Daniel
It is really small, I bought the plans and it must be the smallest kant twist clamp around. Do you have plans for a bigger one or can I just scale this one up to double size
+Gary Walters I'm afraid not, you're going to have to convert it yourself. However, none of the measurements are especially critical, so as long as you get them close enough it should work out just fine.
+POULPY47 As with all first examples, this one took a while to make since I had to figure out every step. If I were to make one now it would go a lot faster. I have no idea why you haven't seen anyone use these clamps, they're fairly common in the US at least, less so in Europe and the rest of the world.
Man, this was amazing!! I have just subscribed to your channel due to this video and hope to see you uploading a lot more of these sensational videos! Honestly, congratulations! Good luck!!! =)
Hi I went to the plans link but there is no explanation of the type of plan. What are they, a file or paper? Can they be used in a CAD system? Can they be scaled? Do you mail them or are they downloaded?
bobdring Quoted directly from the item page in the store: "Included in the plans are both a twelve-page PDF with dimensions for all the parts, IGES 3d files to allow you to load up the clamp into your favourite CAD software as well as a printable PDF-template for the two braces, to aid in layout." Once you complete the order you get a mail with a download link.
That's a very complex questions, and there are a lot of different aspects to it. It depends on what previous knowledge you have when it comes to machine shops. If you don't have any then you have two avenues, either you go to school for it or you try to find an apprenticeship somewhere. About making a living it depends a lot on what you actually do, making a living as just a tinkerer is extremely hard. Either you seek employment somewhere, or you start up by yourself and give it a go. Without knowing your background, and what exactly you mean by "this", I can't give you much more information.
Awesome! I knew I wasn't the only one who'd find a use for those very VERY nice rods from inkjet printers :-)... Hint, some laser printer cartridges have very nice shafts in them too, the rubber rollers can be useful for drive wheels and so forth :)
I didn't know that, although I've been around enough laser toner cartridges to know not to mess with them, they create a mess everywhere if you open them up. Cheers!
Cool, been looking at these for a while now. Still don't own any, but building one has a lot of appeal, even though I have no mill. I'll think of something else :P
Well, it's hard to estimate as it was done in installments over the course of a week or so. I would estimate around 6 hours or so active working time, but that's not counting CAD.
Not really necessary as none of the pins need to rotate. The only parts that rotate are the two hinges, and they're underdimensioned by a fraction of a millimeter to not have any issues with friction. The reason it seems a bit touch to turn in the video is largely because it's not oiled up yet, it's running very smoothly nowadays.
Sweet video! Never thought of making one of these. I am curious about the belt sander you use. Is that bought or made? It looks to have a thick rubber wheel. Is that correct? Thanks again for the video.
I have to check once I'm back in the workshop. It's definitely a bought model, but I don't remember much more about it right now. Glad you liked it! /Daniel
+Francisco Ortiz wait a minute, I'm selling the plans and you're actually asking if someone can give them to you for free? It didn't occur to you that that's kind of rude, and not dissimilar from walking into a store asking people if someone can help stealing for you? If you want them they're available from my website, and those $9.99 does not make me rich, but they help me in providing content to all of you through my TH-cam channel.
Nice!!
frank howarth Do your clamps want to adopt children.
William Parrish lol I was thinking about his clamps also when I saw this baby clamp haha!
maybe you would know John, do you think this could be made with wood?
Daniel,
I love the projects you are selecting, expensive tools that teach you a wealth of skill in the process, a self teaching machinist with little money couldn't ask for more!
Thanks,
Mike
For sure! And many of the steps can easily be replaced by a good file and hand drills, if you're really strapped for machinery.
Glad you liked it!
/Daniel
Incredible. Very gratifying to see tools being made rather than just bought without understanding them.
I'm impressed, you show from concept to complete item in 1 go with no separate video parts.
I really look forward to seeing your latest videos Daniel. This was another wonderful example.
I have seen references to these clamps over the years and can see some uses for them in my work. Custom sizing of things like this for specific applications is what making your own tools is all about.
I really like them for smaller clamping applications, especially since they tend now to get in the way in the same way C-clamps does.
Glad you liked the video, there will be more to come. Have one ready for upload during next week, and working on a couple more.
Cheers!
/Daniel
Enjoyed!
I have the luxury of living less than 30 miles away from Kant Twist and have visited a few times, I just love this style of clamp.
Wow, that's indeed luxury. They're not a common clamp here in Sweden, in fact I can't remember ever having seen one. I really like them as well, first got exposed to them when I lived shortly in San Francisco. Glad you liked the video Stan!
Cheers!
/Daniel
Hi Daniel,
Nice project. I like the little Bahco adjustable wrench and have one like it. Looks like your bench vise need to get the bolts tightened up. Nice trick with the die nut clamped to the plate. I really liked that one.
All the best,
Tom
Cheers Tom! In retrospect there are probably better ways to do it. I could've cut the threads on the lathe, taken the piece out before cutting it off, clamped the oppsite side while drilling and then taking it back and cut it off in the lathe without having to clamp the threads. But you live you learn, I guess.
You're right about the vise, it likely needs a bit of a general service as well.
Cheers!
/Daniel
Very awesome video. Loved it
oxtoolco qq
The clamp is so cute. I hope you continue to do projects of these caliber. I would love to see a widget of your own design.
It will come, for sure. I'm making plans for another similar tool, but I have no idea if it'll work (or for that matter, already exists). We'll see!
Thanks!
/Daniel
Super video. Great project. Fine result. Great tip on the vise-griped die nut for allignment. Excellent tempo on the video editing, making watching and learning a pleasure. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it!
/Daniel
as a welder,machinist,blacksmith I got fairly exited seeing that anvil...liked the idea and the video as a whole,thanks!
Hi Daniel
Very nice build and instruction...thanks for showing...
The vise grip of the die....simple/smart!!
Chuck
Cheers Chuck! Glad you enjoyed it! We gotta do what we gotta do to get things done.
/Daniel
Daniel, as well as being informative and stimulating, I find your videos relaxing to watch, if that's not a contradiction. You have a gift for presenting this kind of work. Definitely thumbs up from me, and thanks for sharing.
Build quality is top notch wish I was able to produce such high level products for my videos
Great job on the build video. I drew plans months ago for a wood twist clamp but have never gotten around to build it.
I'm into wood but it's amazing to watch you work with metal and the music is very good also.
Nice video. I learned several techniques, such as the die guide and using a ball end mill to create a seat for the drill bit. Going to try that instead of spot drilling for small stuff.
Nice work! Thanks
Awesome idea on outside threading the shaft.
This is more like a jewel than a clamp! I love it!
Very nice work. Going to try and make some myself.Thanks for your time.
Daniel, that clamp looks awesome! I recently looked for some to buy but they are rare here in Germany as well.
Cheers, Alex
Heavy Metal:)
Indeed!
At least there's always internet ordering if you really want something.
Cheers!
/Daniel
It would great if you had a link to the plans for what you glued to the metal to make the rough outlines
I didn't glue anything to the metal. Take the opportunity to make your own plans from the ones supplied in the description of the video.
Great project, nicely executed. I noticed in the background the dro sensor and pickup for the x-axis is out of the way on the wall. Good idea.
Well done! I find your videos just so mesmerizing. Thanks for sharing.
I do my best! Thanks!
/Daniel
Hi Daniel.
It is nice to see your videos watched and followed by the best of Machining community such as Oxtool and Woodworking community such as John Heisz. Your wooden ring was mentioned on Woodworking Wrap-up Review by Drunken Woodworker . Keep up the good work.
Cheers,
Ali
Great Video. It takes a lot of skill to make such small parts. Thanks for sharing!
Cheers! Glad you liked it!
/Daniel
Beautiful!
That is an amazing show of craftsmanship!
nice work guys keep them coming,dave in the UK
Why use a ball end mill instead of a center drill before drilling through holes in round stock? Nice work.
For the shaft it was simply because I couldn't get a center drill in there, they're short and stubby and I needed something with a bit more length as the indexing head would've hit the head of the mill otherwise.
Can't remember why I didn't go for a center drill for the hinges. May have been because I couldn't find one which was thin enough. It would certainly work just as well as the ball ended endmill though.
Cheers! Glad you liked it!
Nice job, thanks for sharing. It looks like an F3 you're using, a rare beast indeed.
It's a wonderful machine indeed! Since it belongs to my university department I've told them, repeatedly, that if there every comes a day when they're getting rid of it I will come get it, regardless where I am in the world. I love that mill to bits, I can't even begin to imagine how many hours I clocked on it, I wouldn't be surprised if it's in the several thousands.
Switch & Lever Yes I also have a late model Aciera F3 with Heidenhain DRO and it's a very nice machine. The W20 can be difficult to find tooling for when ... and no matter how much is with it, there WILL be a when, you need extra
I'd never have thought to make my own, but now that I've seen it done, it looks like a good learning project with a useful result. Thank you!
I have a couple of the commercial versions, and I believe the jaws are copper, not brass. There may be variations available, but copper makes sense after listening to Tom Lipton at OxToolCo talk about copper vise jaws.
I'll start scavenging dead printers for materials right away!
-- Mike
Hmm, looking at their website it seems like the jaws are copper plated, but it doesn't say anything about what the base metal is. I figured brass would work well, since it's going to be softer than probably anything I'm going to clamp anyhow.
Dead printers are a great source for high quality axles, for sure. I try to scavenge them whenever I can.
Glad you liked the video!
/Daniel
what kind of band saw / band saw blade do you use?
A question re drilling. Imagine a mild steel 40x40x40 mm cube to be drilled through with a fi4x80mm (exposed length) twist drill. Will the drill have a tendency to wander when drilled in e.g. 2 mm from a side surface? Any other comments on the possibility of a thin drill bit wandering to the side?
Yes the info was on the link but it wasn't visible when viewed from my tablet only on the PC. ordered.!
It's always fun to make your own tools!
Another great video Daniel
Cheers!
/Daniel
SMART! awesome solution for the tapping at 8 mins or so!
Excellent video! Thanks for posting the drawings.
No problem! Cheers!
/Daniel
this is real nice.. Real NICE! So small, so well done. Thnx for sharing
Here I was looking at Kant Twist designs and thee next minute I found your channel. I think your version looks better than the original Eron. Subbed and glad I did! I may have to make parts for my larger format CNC Router table. Oh my poor grey matter!
Best regards.
Awesome work and great attention to detail. I cam here recommended by Tom Lipton, and was not disappointed! :) Subscribed!
5:46 what machine is that ?
Nice work and nice clear camera work and explanations, You've got a new subscriber.
Btw since you only used what looked like a standard screw thread (vs say acme or buttress thread), then a simplification could be to use a suitably long machine screw with a standard hex or even socket head that would then be tightened by spanner or Allen key.
You could indeed do that. I wanted to make everything bespoke, which is one reason I went the route I went. Though, you'd still need to drill and tap the end of the screw if you go the route you suggest.
Cheers!
/Daniel
Excellent video, thank you for sharing it with us.
Glad to! Cheers!
/Daniel
is the thread too fine for a clamp? looks to take ages to open and close
Beautiful work!
Nice project - thanks for sharing.
Thanks, glad you liked it!
/Daniel
It is really small, I bought the plans and it must be the smallest kant twist clamp around. Do you have plans for a bigger one or can I just scale this one up to double size
Of course you can scale, make it whichever size you want.
amazing job
Thank you!
/Daniel
Hi Daniel, Super cool little kant twist clamp. Thank you M.K.S.
Glad you liked it!
/Daniel
What is that drill? Does it takes the position of the work or what?
can the plans be had in imperial sizes. g.walters
+Gary Walters I'm afraid not, you're going to have to convert it yourself. However, none of the measurements are especially critical, so as long as you get them close enough it should work out just fine.
not bad , really nice and very usefull ! but how many hours for making this clamp ? I ve never seen a welder used it ! why ?
+POULPY47 As with all first examples, this one took a while to make since I had to figure out every step. If I were to make one now it would go a lot faster.
I have no idea why you haven't seen anyone use these clamps, they're fairly common in the US at least, less so in Europe and the rest of the world.
Man, this was amazing!!
I have just subscribed to your channel due to this video and hope to see you uploading a lot more of these sensational videos!
Honestly, congratulations! Good luck!!! =)
very nice work man, love my kant twist clamps!
Hi I went to the plans link but there is no explanation of the type of plan. What are they, a file or paper? Can they be used in a CAD system? Can they be scaled? Do you mail them or are they downloaded?
bobdring Quoted directly from the item page in the store:
"Included in the plans are both a twelve-page PDF with dimensions for all the parts, IGES 3d files to allow you to load up the clamp into your favourite CAD software as well as a printable PDF-template for the two braces, to aid in layout."
Once you complete the order you get a mail with a download link.
Nice work
May i ask what software do you use to draw the 3D model ?
very good work .
Magnífico trabalho.
good work
That’s a nice bandsaw 👍🏻
Very impressive.
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0:52
Project came out looking very nice. How has it faired being used so far?
Super!!! I loved your work.One question, why so small?
What brand of hot sauce do you use for cutting? Seriously, this is an awesome project. Well done.
very nice, congratulations
What CAD software did you use?
How can I do this for a living and who do I talk to about it?
That's a very complex questions, and there are a lot of different aspects to it. It depends on what previous knowledge you have when it comes to machine shops. If you don't have any then you have two avenues, either you go to school for it or you try to find an apprenticeship somewhere. About making a living it depends a lot on what you actually do, making a living as just a tinkerer is extremely hard. Either you seek employment somewhere, or you start up by yourself and give it a go. Without knowing your background, and what exactly you mean by "this", I can't give you much more information.
Awesome! I knew I wasn't the only one who'd find a use for those very VERY nice rods from inkjet printers :-)... Hint, some laser printer cartridges have very nice shafts in them too, the rubber rollers can be useful for drive wheels and so forth :)
I didn't know that, although I've been around enough laser toner cartridges to know not to mess with them, they create a mess everywhere if you open them up.
Cheers!
What is this tool
I used to be a tool and die apprentice and this makes me really wanna go back
complimenti, è un bellissimo lavoro!
Cool, been looking at these for a while now. Still don't own any, but building one has a lot of appeal, even though I have no mill. I'll think of something else :P
Jätte bra ;)
Jeg ble litt lurt av størrelsen, den der var jo helt rå!
Hilsen fra Norge :)
very nice project for joung and students thanks for the video
nice project. thank you!
What a cute small clamp! Need to make some :3
wow really cool
Well done, bravo.
Cheers!
/Daniel
Very nice, thank you!
wonderful!
Thank you!
/Daniel
Great video, thanks for taking the time to put all of this together and share! Out of interest, how long did the actual project take you to make?
Well, it's hard to estimate as it was done in installments over the course of a week or so. I would estimate around 6 hours or so active working time, but that's not counting CAD.
Switch & Lever
Thanks for the quick response. What CAD package did you use for this, looks very smart?
Greate job! Thank you very much for your vid and plans!
Nice, where are you from?
That's cool! I made some too only slightly larger. 8 1/2" opening! LOL :) thanks for the video !
great job!!
sweet, use e rings for the pins to less friction
Not really necessary as none of the pins need to rotate. The only parts that rotate are the two hinges, and they're underdimensioned by a fraction of a millimeter to not have any issues with friction. The reason it seems a bit touch to turn in the video is largely because it's not oiled up yet, it's running very smoothly nowadays.
Nice! Very good project.
Very clever, well done.
Brilliant video too, what camera did you use?
Made a set of these that opened to around 12"/300mm. Should have used a thicker sheet stock.
Great! Thank you
Sweet video! Never thought of making one of these.
I am curious about the belt sander you use. Is that bought or made? It looks to have a thick rubber wheel. Is that correct?
Thanks again for the video.
I have to check once I'm back in the workshop. It's definitely a bought model, but I don't remember much more about it right now.
Glad you liked it!
/Daniel
Does anyone has the plans for free? I need them for a University work...
+Francisco Ortiz wait a minute, I'm selling the plans and you're actually asking if someone can give them to you for free? It didn't occur to you that that's kind of rude, and not dissimilar from walking into a store asking people if someone can help stealing for you? If you want them they're available from my website, and those $9.99 does not make me rich, but they help me in providing content to all of you through my TH-cam channel.
+Switch & Lever you're right, I'm sorry it's just that I don't have credit card and need the plans so badly...
www.ibuildit.ca/Workshop%20Projects/Images/Kant%20Twist%20Clamp/Kant%20Twist%20Clamp%20Template31.png
the341612 thank you mate
the341612
Excelente..! Gracias
I am a toolmaker. I have 1" 3" 41/2" Kant Twist but I think L will upgrade your print to a larger size to make a couple of 10"
Go for it! Would love to see how they turn out when you're done!
/Daniel
Very Nice!!!! subbed
É uma arte usinar peças tão pequenas. Parabéns. =D