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Bench holdfast for woodworking. To reduce the pivot you might want to increase the friction by adding suede or similar to the bottom of the holdfast. A good holdfast drops in a hole in your bench and with a few light taps secures a workpiece solidly to the bench. The large rubber pressure plate ensures non marring clamping of the workpiece and has a diameter of 44 mm. A holdfast gives a single point of contact so the work underneath will be able to pivot.
My question is do you think these holdfasts would work in a 3 5 inch bench top made of radiata pine all that i could find easily and affordably for my first hand tool project here in nz. This solid cast iron holdfast is essential for any workbench. 49 get it as soon as fri may 29. Reach and 7 8 in.
L with 7 in. As the holdfast s pad hits your work the shaft wedges itself in the hole and against your work. A tight fit between the shaft and hole a rough surface finish and the fact that its shaft isn t tapered. Bought the bench dogs and the holdfasts to help set up and work on porjects.
This holdfast works consistently in benches from 2 to 8 thick for three reasons. Acquired an oak woodworker s bench with 3 4 bench holes. Holdfast works as hard as i do. I don t really want to drill holes in my new bench and find that the wood is too soft for the holdfasts to work.
Dct 8in work bench holdfast woodworking hold down clamp 4in reach 5 8in shaft for wood carving routing sanding 3 6 out of 5 stars 17 14 49 14. But by the middle of the 19th century as regular vices of all sorts of designs became more popular the holdfast disappeared from view. The large ergonomic grip is made from two component plastic. The powertec 71096 bench holdfast 16 1 2 in.
It easily yields high clamping pressure with just a few turns. If you try to solve the pivot by hitting down harder then you simply crush the wood. Dct 8in work bench holdfast woodworking hold down clamp 4in reach 5 8in shaft for wood carving routing sanding. The holdfast was sufficiently important to rate almost half a page in moxon s mechanicks exercises 1678 the first book on woodworking in english.
Dia allows for secure quick change clamping of a wide variety of workstock onto your workbench.