[TheForge] Platten table hammer in clamps?

Wed Oct 22 18:48:59 2003

Hey Shannel,
The clamps are called platten dogs.
I picked up about 30 of them when Dixie Machine in New Orleans closed down.
They look like the shop made them.
Both legs of the dog are the same length and both legs have a slight upward
curve to them.
The bottom curve is important to lock the dog into the platten and the curve
on the top leg insures that downward holding force on the work piece is
perpendicular to the table surface,  no matter what the shape of the work
piece.
Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "shannell" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 4:22 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Platten table hammer in clamps?


> Yeah I feel a bit dumb now, that is exactly what I came up with in the
end,
> I use one in my anvil but its a lot smaller,I was trying all sorts of
> complex ideas and they all didnt have enough room for play between
different
> work thicknesses or different holes in the table. Might be a bad idea
having
> internet access in the workshop, too easy to ask questions
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 6:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Platten table hammer in clamps?
>
>
> > Shannel:
> > A piece of bar stock a little smaller than the hole size and bent in the
> > shape of the number "7 " with a longer top leg and a slightly sharper
> > angle is the most common one I've seen. Just hammer them tight by
> > striking the angle  above the hole..to loosen, strike the angle from
> behind.
> > These don't seem to do well on a short reach, the legs need to be fairly
> > long.
> > These are dogs you can beat without do-gooders complaining....Pete F
> >
> > shannell wrote:
> >
> > >Anyone got a hot tip on how to make a quick and easy platten table
clamp
> > >that hammers in? Ive been playing for the last 10 mins on the table
with
> > >some ideas and Im coming up with something but theres probably some
> > >ingenious contraption already discovered?..... Ive been playing with
> table
> > >pins and an anvil clamp that hammers into the pritchel hole....
> > >
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