Small Toolmakers Clamp

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<h3>Small Toolmakers Clamp</h3><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.printables.com/model/230209-large-toolmakers-clamp"><strong>Find the large one here!</strong></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I designed this <strong>little toolmakers clamp</strong> for <strong>light clamping</strong> work such as <strong>glue up</strong>s. Obviously its <strong>not designed for actual machining</strong> work but its <strong>quite strong for a printed clamp</strong>!</p><p><strong>Hardware you need:</strong></p><ul><li>2 x 60-70mm of <strong>M4 allthread/threaded rod</strong></li><li>2 x <strong>M4 threaded inserts</strong></li><li>2 x <strong>M4 washer</strong></li><li>3 x <strong>M4 nuts</strong></li><li><strong>Superglue</strong> or loctite</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Instructions:</strong></p><ol><li>Use your <strong>soldering-iron</strong> to melt in the <strong>M4 threaded inserts. </strong>Alternatively you can press them in with a vice. Make sure <strong>they go in straight</strong>!</li><li><strong>Carefully glue one of the M4 nuts</strong> into the <strong>smaller knob</strong>. Make sure <strong>not to use to much glue</strong>. Afterwards use glue or loctite to fix a length of threaded rod in the knob and nut. Again make sure to <strong>avoid glue squeezing out</strong>.</li><li>Thread the <strong>assembly through the rear insert</strong> in the jaw. Then <strong>glue another nut and washer on the end of the rod</strong>, so that <strong>~5mm of threaded rod stick out</strong>. <i>(See pictures!)</i></li><li>Now insert the last <strong>nut into the taller knob</strong>, again with <strong>just a little bit of glue</strong> so that no glue squeezes out. Make sure the <strong>nut goes all the way in</strong>.&nbsp;</li><li>Now you need to <strong>be really careful:</strong> put a <strong>little glue on the inner threads</strong> of the nut, making sure <strong>no glue lands on the face of the nut</strong>. Hold the <strong>knob into the undercut on the second jaw</strong> with the last <strong>washer inbetween</strong>. Then <strong>quickly screw the second threaded rot throug the jaw into the knob</strong>, making sure you get it <strong>all the way in</strong>, before the glue dries.<i>(See pictures!)</i></li><li>Now for the final assembly just <strong>screw the middle threaded rod into the middle insert</strong> in the other jaw. <i>(See pictures!)</i></li></ol><p>&nbsp;</p><p><i><strong>Have fun printing!</strong></i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>