B58DB

Niki Rafferty

Design and Manufacture 2

Toolmakers clamp
Niki Rafferty

Introduction
1

The toolmakers clamp is possibly one the most common work holding devices
used in machining procedures, it provides an excellent grip factor that enables the
user to apply a large amount of pressure to the held work piece without fear of it
moving or jumping out of place and therefore ruin the work.
Most clamps are made from mild steel as is the case with this design, which will
be using bright mild steel to provide a solid clamp.
The clamps are tightened with the use of two leadscrews that allow the jaws to
travel 0-100mm allowing the clamp to be used with a wide variety of work pieces
up to 10cm depth.

Clamp Specifications Minimum Maximum

Jaw gripping area: 300 mm2 (minimum) to 1500 mm2

(maximum).
Number of thread in jaw: 10 (minimum) to 15 (maximum).
Gripping length (L1): 7.5 thread diameter.
Gripping end angle (): 20 to 30 (both jaws must have angled
gripping ends).
Minimum jaw width: 2 thread diameter.
Maximum jaw length (L2): 180 mm.
Jaw travel: 60 mm (minimum) to 100 mm (maximum).
Distance from jaw gripping edge to first leadscrew centre line =
distance between leadscrew
center lines.
Leadscrew threads available: M4 0.7, M6 1.0, M8 1.25,
M10 1.5.
The fixed jaw must be attached to leadscrew 1.

Clamp specifications
All components were made from bright mild steel.

Jaw
Thread
Diameter

No.
Thread
s

15
M 10 1.5 mm

Gripping
length L1

Jaw
length
L2

Max jaw
width

180m
7.5 10 mm=75
mm
m

200

Grip
angl

Jaw
travel

e
200 mm 100m
2 10 mm=20
m

Centrecentre
leadscre
w
80mm

15
20mm
mm

180mm
20mm

80mm

80m
m

Leadscrew thread

Diameter

10.00mm

Pitch

Depth of
thread

Core
Diameter

Tapping
Drill

Clearance
Drill

1.5mm

0.9202m
m

8.1596m
m

8.5

12

With all sizes calculated a full solid edge drawing could be

completed.

solid edge