I have made a handle for the compression nut on the Segmented Bowl Clamp. I welded a metal plate to the nut, and after that attached the metal plate and nut to a wooden handle with 4 bolts. The wooden handle is a 5 sided flower shape cut on the CNC router. This shape permits the manage to be spun on the threaded rod to move it up and down.
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I find my stress level drastically decreases as I watch your show… Thanks.
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So true.
Looks like a nicer solution than using a wrench every time. It’s nice to watch how your approach is evolving.
You’re always good at finding solutions to interesting problems that come up. Thanks for being an inspiration Frank, I really love your work.
Love your videos, but wouldn’t it have been easier to put a second nut roughly below the top of the assembled bowl to prevent the washer from falling down?
Fun project Frank. (You could just get a few “coupling nuts” and use short sections of the threaded rod to make the length you need for any particular project.)
I love the pace of your videos Frank – as someone else said it lowers stress levels watching you work. Even when it doesn’t go to plan 😉
Hi, what software do you use for making those cool animations? (like the one where you showed the parts of the handle at the beginning)
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As always every single detail is awesome. !!! Love it
I am impressed about how quickly you’ve incorporated your massive CNC machine into your projects. As ever, a brilliant gem to brighten up ones day, keep on keeping on.
I love that share your thought process, your mistakes and the things that don’t come out perfect (welds). Makes me feel better about my projects. Thank you, keep on doing what your doing.
My dad welded a nut to a pair of Vise Grips then cut the nut in half. That way he could quickly clamp the nut where he needed it on the rod then spin the tool to tighten it. His contraption was used for holding cabinets in the air when working alone. Worked great.
Hi Frank, just an idea: you could use a long rod, just make a hole in your workbench and run a rod through it, screw it to the “negative” side, so you can always adjust the hight due to the depth of a bowl. Love your work, man!
It’s gratifying and somewhat wondrous to watch a simple idea evolve. I had suggested that you utilize the hole at the bottom of your bowl with this type of clamp back in the comments of the “omni-directional video experiment” (which, by the way, I thought was very cool; like being there). Or maybe the following one. Whichever one it was, you’ve certainly taken it to the “Matthais” degree. Frank certainly Makes. Well done as always.
Love the clamp. I had a thought on how to avoid the threaded rod swap and the endless spinning to get the handle on and off. Cut the bold in half and fabricate a quick release cam like those on a Metal chop saw so you can quickly slip the handle down the rod then engage the Half bolt onto the threads and snug it up. Just an idea. keep up the beautiful work.
Fantastic engineering thought process. The weak link in the chain is the rotation to apply the force. A hydraulic bench press seems like the best solution to me. Short of that maybe a skateboard bearing would reduce the rotation ahead of the washer. I look forward to your videos every week Frank, thank you for doing what you do.
good stuff as usual. two ideas. 1) if you want longer rod you can buy an extension nut and simply thread it over the rod, then thread another rod into it. 2) instead of using a threaded rod, why not do away with that and use a smooth rod and a cam clamp that quickly moves up and down to where you need to clamp. just two cent’s worth.
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That’s really cool. You could always make the metal plate the bolts are attached to small enough to fit through the smallest ring. Then make the wooden handle detachable. Like just leave the bolts on the plate pass through the wooden handle but don’t bolt them on. That way you don’t have to unthread it every time.
Thank you, Frank. I really enjoy your approach to designing solutions — and the way your videography and post-processing skills create such a pleasing narrative.
Consider bending the bottom of that allthread into a “J” hook, and swapping the welded nut for a cross-bar. Then you can unhook the entire holddown plate assembly after loosening, and just pull it out the top. Drop a few rings on, and re-hook it and thread it down again. Great project though.. I’ve wanted to do a segmented bowl for a long time, this might just be the thing to get me there!
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I just found this video and I like the concept. I have an idea for the tightening nut. My metal chop saw has a quick release mechanism to make the clamp move in and out easily. This would fix the problem of having to spin the nut off to add each new ring. I don’t think it would be too difficult to adapt something like this into your design. I can send a photo if you like or you could have a look at a chop saw in a Home Depot or a Harbor Freight store to see the mechanism.