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Using honeycomb base clamps for fixturing in the P2/P2S
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This is a remix of my "Clamp that bowed plywood" project (https://www.designfind.com/project/33389). The design of the clamp has been modified to make the topmost piece a larger square that rides on top of the honeycomb base, allowing the development of reusable, repeatable fixtures to hold or align pieces when performing production work in the P2/P2S. The clamp design allows you to manufacture studs that clamp into the honeycomb base wherever desired that can be used both to clamp material and to repeatedly, reliably position fixtures for other projects.
This remix is based on
tofuware24Instruction
Step1: Cut out and glue the honeycomb base clamps
Follow the instructions from https://www.designfind.com/project/33389. However, this time, notice that there are squares that are larger than the others. Use three small squares first, and glue them onto the screw as in the other project. After this is set, then put one of the larger squares onto the stack, farthest from the head of the screw. This larger square is too big to fit through the honeycomb and will prevent the clamp assembly from falling through. As in the previous project, these studs can also be used with a clamping bar and a wing nut to clamp material that the magnetic clamps have difficulty with.
Side note, I increased the size of the smaller squares in from the 0.320" x 0.320" size of the original project to 0.325" x 0.325" and they are tighter/stronger. Tight enough fit that if you're messy with the glue it might not fit.
Step2
Place the clamping studs into position in the honeycomb base. I selected a spacing of four holes to the left, then five holes down from the upper right. This design contains a slightly larger wrench cutout specifically designed for the larger squares. That's 69mm horizontal, 58.5mm vertical by my vernier caliper.
On Canvas 2 in the XCS file I've arrayed two squares each 9.5mm (0.375") in size, just barely bigger than then 9.4mm (0.370") size of the top squares in each clamp. Design and make your fixture to fit around the two squares, with the shape/size of the fixture whatever you want/need to align your pieces that you'll be working on.
the squares in the fixture will tightly fit over the top squares of the clamping studs, meaning that you get a solid fixture that can be used and reused simply by removing the clamping studs and repositioning them in the honeycomb the same spacing apart next time. If you make multiple fixtures, use scoring to write the stud spacing (in honeycomb holes) you used.
