How To Make A Wire Clamp Tool.

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I saw a wire clamp tool made by clamptool.com the other day and thought it should be easy enough to make for home use.

The pictures should be self explanatory so here goes ..

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I like to use some paper tightly wrapped around the finished bit to protect against the jaws and it works quite well for me. I parted and then cut the taper
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The rear parting tool still works like a charm
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The finished taper
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Lined it up in the mill to cut the slots
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Slot almost done
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I used some brass to make the turn handle.
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Milled a flat on the one side to thread
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Drilled and tapped the handle
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There after I case hardened the tip and drilled a 4.5mm hole in the threaded rod and installed a roll pin then assemble
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Some notes: I opted not to install the front pin as per the original and I can say that it makes a difference after testing it. I made the tip to wide and will make a thinner tip for smaller/thinner wire clams.
All and all a fun and useful project to do.

Regards

Paul

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On my first lathe a 9" southbend that was one of my first project never used a lathe before. We started with turning pvc then went on to this project. Yours is far nicer then mine which was more basic. I finally changed the front pin to a rolled hardened pin. Making a new better one is in the plans. but the old one is working fine. I do not see the little notch in the point, just not showing in the pictures.
 
Er, pardon my ignorance, but what does it do and how does it work? Nice machining job...
 
Nice looking tool , and thanks for full size pics .
Not real sure what a wire clamp tool is for (yea clamping wire) but the application?.
Thanks for posting , guess I'll research it.
 
My Brother is actually the guy that sells that tool on Clamptool.com, he can do some crazy wire clamps with it.
 
i looked at this post earlier this morning and thought what a neat tool and nice machining but had no idea what it was for...now i know !
thank you, now i just may make one for myself.
Dan
 
On my first lathe a 9" southbend that was one of my first project never used a lathe before. We started with turning pvc then went on to this project. Yours is far nicer then mine which was more basic. I finally changed the front pin to a rolled hardened pin. Making a new better one is in the plans. but the old one is working fine. I do not see the little notch in the point, just not showing in the pictures.

Not a grate pic but yes the "cotch" is there.
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Great job, I have a small one I bought, have been wanting to build a bigger one, maybe this will inspire me

Greg
 
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