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    New Never-Twist clamps

    Busy yesterday and today making the "internals" for the second clamp. Ready now for the installation. I made the handle so that it slides this time around. Also used 7/16-14 threaded rod instead of 7/16-20 so the clamp will open and close faster. Have a look:
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    New Never-Twist clamps

    Kevin - Prices are included in the .pdf document I posted initially. Hope that helps.
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    New Never-Twist clamps

    I think that aluminum would work very well if, like John you intend to drill and tap the standoff ends for small bolts to hold things together, and not use peening like I did. I think aluminum might be too soft for peening and so I did not even think of that. I now am thinking that brass might...
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    New Never-Twist clamps

    John To make the arms look like the picture, I used a 1" abrasive pad I got from Amazon in my milling machine - but any drill press will do this. These pads screw into an adaptor which you also need. I bought a package of 30 pads at once, and the first pad did all four arms, and still has life...
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    New Never-Twist clamps

    More Pictures!
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    New Never-Twist clamps

    John I made my first one .060" - but that is too long I think. .040" should be about right.
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    New Never-Twist clamps

    Kevin I did not want to be too forward on this forum, so I put the prices in my PDF attachment. Let me know if I should send you that file separately, and I will gladly do it. Would need an e-mail address - it is way too large for a phone to handle I think. Cheers, Brian
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    New Never-Twist clamps

    John Wonderful drawings. Very clear and helps me understand that this type of clamp does have a deeper throat when fully open - a big plus, providing you do not have to close it too much. Your red circle concern could be solved the way Dimede did - by using right and left hand threads. If that...
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    New Never-Twist clamps

    Couple of things. First, I wonder who owns the patent on these clamps, because this does indeed look a lot like the Dimede one. Second - it doesn't look as if this Starrett model has the quicker-acting left/right threads as does the Dimede? Great to know about this - thanks.
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    New Never-Twist clamps

    Thanks for alerting me to these great clamps. No doubt about it - stronger then the Kant Twist ones due to their change away from the cantilever design. Their direct-acting threaded rods must be what is responsible for their higher clamping force. Of course - you lose some high percentage of the...
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