I'm Mike Corliss from Tormach and today I'm going to show you how to use the strap clamp set.
You have an assortment of studs.
Different length strap clamps.
Nuts and T-nuts.
Nuts for creating extended studs.
And the step blocks.
There's three different sizes of step blocks.
We'll clamp this block down to the mill.
You have to pick up the appropriate length stud.
Just hold it next to the workpiece.
Down to the bottom of the t-slot.
You have to figure in your clamp.
The t-nuts slide into the t-slots on the table.
Position them so you're clamping down.
On top of your workpiece...
...whatever you're using to hold your block up.
Or what you are using to support your workpiece with.
Then the next thing you do...
Is to set your support blocks..
You can do it a couple different ways.
If you're only clamping one part down you can use the serrations on the blocks.
They'll hold the clamps.
There's just no.
no repeatability really for being quick.
I like to use a second block...
...on the serrations and then...
...have my clamp its reference on that.
I can set my height.
so I'm just above my workpiece.
If the surface of the part you're clapping on and is a finished surface that you don't want...
...any marks on, use piece a shim stock.
I have some sixty thou aluminum here and that's what I'll...
...use to protect my piece.
And then set the height of your riser block,
so it's a little taller than whatever your clamping on.
So I want my riser block to be just a little bit proud of my shim stock.
Do the same on this side.
And then a couple nuts on top.
The reason you have your step blocks higher than the workpiece your clamping on...
...is so the nose a your clamp...
...clamps down on your workpiece. If you have your step blocks lower...
...then the the bottom of your clamp will clamp on your workpiece and it'd actually push your...
...workpiece away.
Ok, now that's just how we would strap a part down to the table.
I can also show you how to use the strap clamp set...
...to support a piece that might be hanging out of your vise.
If you had a long workpiece like this and you were doing some drilling on the end...
...you can also use the kit to make up a little support.
So what do you have there?
A nut on either end of a stud.
And you just tighten it to your table to the bottom of your workpiece.
And that would support it for down pressure.
And this is just a couple different ways to use the strap clamps.
There's many other ways but this is just a quick intro to using a strap clamp set.