Claw Clamps a home made clamp system

[thehomeengineer]

Hi Toolmaker 51
The claw itself was made from 1/2" (12mm) thick mild steel. The centre position of each radius was marked out and drilled using their co-ordinates on the mill, as well as the two pivot holes. This then enabled me to gang mill a couple of claws at the same time on the rotary table using 6mm pins in each hole locking them together. Using a 6mm bush in the centre of the rotary table I pushed the relevant pin into the bush and offset the machine from the rotary table centre then machined each radius and blend relative to that radius/hole centre. Gang milling just meant I could save some time. I hope this all makes sense?
The Home Engineer