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    Quote Originally Posted by Raytonian View Post
    I'm really surprised and very much appreciate the number of 'thank you's' I received and which are still coming in.
    Thanks to YOU guys!
    You met a need a bunch of us have. More than one, really. Versatile hold-down, Check! Low profile, Check. Doesn't eat a lot of table space, Check! Easy to make without a fully equipped shop, Check!

    Of course we like it!

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    Thanks Bill, there are already some thoughts for modification that you or who-else might have, by now, considered.
    Like, adding springs for holding up the tips for easy reach but it would defy the object of keeping them out of the way and the secondly some strip or shoe to protect the bottom of the T-slot from damage.
    Truth is, clamps like those will only be needed for special conditions. Not your everyday run of the mill utensil.
    Much appreciated!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raytonian View Post
    Thanks Bill, there are already some thoughts for modification that you or who-else might have, by now, considered.
    Like, adding springs for holding up the tips for easy reach but it would defy the object of keeping them out of the way and the secondly some strip or shoe to protect the bottom of the T-slot from damage.
    Truth is, clamps like those will only be needed for special conditions. Not your everyday run of the mill utensil.
    Much appreciated!
    Agreed on hold-open springs; counterbores for those will reduce material needed for clamp bolt recess, or threads in the nut.
    But a flat leaf or wire torsion spring won't. . .
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